A nationwide environmental competition with roots in our area kicked off this week. Newswatch 16's Valeria Quiñones was at the 47th Schuylkill County Envirothon.

With global population growth and rising food demand, agriculture ensures food supply while bringing severe environmental problems. Among these, agricultural non-point source pollution (ANPSP) has ...

Agricultural non-point source (NPS) pollution is a major cause of water quality degradation, with pollutants such as nitrogen and phosphorus carried by farmland surface runoff being important sources.

Over the past fifty years, the United States has realized substantial progress in addressing water pollution from industry, sewage treatment plants, and other end-of-pipe or ‘point’ sources of water ...