Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

Oil refineries release billions of pounds of pollution into waterways each year, according to regulatory data. NPR found that pollution is concentrated near places where people of color live.

A volunteer group is testing the Shark River to look for sources of bacteria pollution. Armed with info, they hope to restore ...

The most recent Biscayne Bay Water Quality Report Card revealed that a part of the bay actually declined in quality. Experts, ...

The proposed measures, House Bill 4985 and Senate Bill 999, would mandate any entity with a wastewater discharge permit to prominently display signs at outfalls, where treated water is released ...

Swimmers have been warned to stay out of the water at several beaches along the NSW coastline amid pollution fears in the ...

Roughly 26,000 water systems across the country will use the rest of the settlement money to test for and treat PFAS contamination, which is now mandated, opens new tab under a new U.S ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency intends to update its water pollution rules for slaughterhouses for the first time in nearly 20 years, the agency announced on Wednesday, following a ...

After some drier years, the 2024 storms were a challenge for Florida’s largest open-water estuary. Tampa Bay estuary’s water quality was doing well – until 2 hurricanes hit ...

Water pollution is fueling ocean acidification. ... You can sign up for Boiling Point here. And for more climate and environment news, follow @ByIanJames and @Sammy_Roth on X.

More than 1 million bottles of water are sold every minute around the world and the sector shows no sign of slowing down — global sales of bottled water are expected to nearly double by 2030.

When water pollution is rife in the UK, ... “The presence of phosphates — a sign of sewage and fertiliser from agriculture reaching waterways — has fallen 90% since the late 1990s, ...