Nitrate pollution has worsened significantly in eastern Oregon over the past decade, according to a new analysis released by ...

The State of Minnesota faces a new lawsuit over the connection between harmful nitrates from farm fields and the threat they ...

Extreme climate events endanger groundwater quality and stability when rain water evades natural purification processes in ...

A letter signed by executives from a dozen firms asks the EPA to let the companies off the hook for cleaning up harmful coal ash sites.

The last time the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality compiled comprehensive data on nitrate ground pollution in the Lower Umatilla Basin was 2012. More than a decade later, Oregonians have ...

The Kansas Legislature made the state dollars available in June 2024 following public outcry about a toxic chemical spill ...

Following the report, several state legislators – including Carr, K.C. Ohaebosim, Henry Helgerson, Susan Estes, Angela ...

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and her natural resources adviser Geoff Huntington consider water quality and availability a top ...

The Central Ground Water Board’s latest report on groundwater quality in the country reveals widespread contamination, with ...

Five decades ago, a chrome-plating plant in Waverly Twp. stored its distinctive red-and-green industrial wastewater in an ...

A lawsuit brought by state environmental groups was filed Tuesday in Ramsey County asking the court to order the state to ...

A report issued Wednesday shows nitrate pollution in the region has gotten worse. Antonio Sierra / OPB Groundwater pollution from nitrates is a well-documented issue in that region, first ...