Drinking water in the United States is at risk, scientists have said, as nitrogen pollution seems to be increasing. In a new study, scientists found that a third of the world's drinking water could be ...

Activists are celebrating a major victory in a recent lawsuit that will force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to adopt and follow more strenuous regulations regarding water pollution ...

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 ...

Workers at the drinking water plant in Louisville, Ky. saw a sudden spike in the level of a 'forever chemical.' They traced ...

Ninth Circuit hears argument in landmark lawsuit seeking to rein in pollution at thousands of unregulated factory farms Today, Food & Water Watch attorneys representing 13 groups appeared in court in ...

For decades, U.S. policy has promoted polluting factory farms and Big Ag megacorporations. We can change that with policies that put people over profit. For decades, U.S. policy has promoted polluting ...

The downtown skyline of Des Moines is seen in the background of the Des Moines River. Credit: Phil Roeder/CC BY 2.0 Invasive Scud Is Threatening the Great Lakes. Pollution Might Be Helping to Keep It ...

Plans for up to 1,100 homes have been approved despite a warning from Anglian Water of pollution to local watercourses. Permission for the homes at Shortstown, on the outskirts of Bedford, was granted ...

Nitrogen pollution could intensify global water scarcity threefold by 2050, scientists warn in a recently published paper. In addition, “newly emerging pollutants,” such as microplastics, heavy metals ...