Water pollution is top environmental issue in survey of 30,000 people across 31 countries and territories by Globescan and WWF With the world facing a worsening water crisis, a huge public survey ...

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 ...

Oil refineries release billions of pounds of pollution annually into waterways, and that pollution disproportionately affects people of color, according to a new analysis of Environmental Protection ...

The EPA is ignoring its legal duty to protect our waterways from dirty industries — so we’re taking it to court. The EPA is ignoring its legal duty to protect our waterways from dirty industries — so ...

Fossil fuels don’t just damage the planet by emitting climate-warming greenhouse gases when they are burned. Extracting coal, oil and gas has a huge impact on the surface of the earth, including strip ...

Claire Carlson ’23 was a 2022-23 Environmental Ethics Fellow with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are her own. Improper dumping and waste disposal from corporations impacts the ...

Experts said the decision would sharply undercut the agency’s authority to protect millions of acres of wetlands under the Clean Water Act, leaving them subject to pollution without penalty. By Adam ...

The downtown skyline of Des Moines is seen in the background of the Des Moines River. Credit: Phil Roeder/CC BY 2.0 Des Moines, Iowa, is a sprawling metro area of 740,000 people surrounded by ...

An oil refinery on Puget Sound near Anacortes, Washington. Credit: Spring Images/Alamy Stock Photo Credit: Spring Images/Alamy Stock Photo Washington state is behind — years behind — its obligation to ...

Alex Ford receives funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), EU, charities and industry including water companies. England’s privatised water industry may one day be considered a ...