MACH Engineering reports that industrial water pollution remains a significant issue in the U.S., with many businesses ...

The Milwaukee River is a remarkable symbol of healing, an example of what we can do for our clean water and communities when we take action, invest, and work together. This river is also a reminder ...

Washington, D.C. — Today the House voted largely along party lines to pass the PERMIT Act. The legislation would weaken the Clean Water Act, one of America’s bedrock environmental laws, in serious ...

Welcome to today’s edition of Boiling Point. I’m Ian James, a reporter on The Times climate and environment team, filling in for my colleague Sammy Roth. As the burning of fossil fuels and other human ...

The Trump administration is proposing to narrow which bodies of water qualify for Clean Water Act protections. The administration proposed a new definition Monday for what counts as a “water of the ...

Environmental advocates say the outlined revision ignores science and threatens water quality, while farm groups argue it offers landowners needed clarity about which parts of their land count as ...

Jeremy Orr works for Michigan State University College of Law and Earthjustice. That unchecked pollution didn’t just harm the rivers and their ecosystems; it harmed the humans who relied on their ...

"The results were horrendous," Forrester said about the report, according to The Guardian. "It was like scrapings off a ...