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The report focuses only on releases from industry - not farm and animal feeding operations, which exacerbate the pollution problem.

Power plants and other industrial facilities released more toxic pollution into the Ohio River Basin than any other watershed in the U.S. in 2020.

The village estimated that a permanent fix to its perpetual water main breaks will cost tens of millions of dollars.

One day after Baltimore officials informed residents that E. coli spread into parts of the city’s water system and issued a boil-water advisory, advocates are calling for improvements to the city’s water infrastructure.

SpaceX wants to test launch the worlds largest spacecraft, the Starship, near Boca Chica Beach in Texas, but that could have multiple environmental impacts.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting an “above-normal 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season.” NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center says to expect between 14-21 named storms, including 6-10 hurricanes and 3-6 major hurricanes packing sustained winds of at least 111 miles per hour.

Lead contamination of school drinking water is more pervasive than previously thought, according to testing data from across the nation published on Thursday by Environment America Research & Policy Center and U.S. PIRG Education Fund on a new interactive map .

Upholding a Trump-era environmental policy, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will not regulate a drinking water contaminant that has been linked to brain damage in infants.

Upholding a Trump-era environmental policy, the Environmental Protection Agency says it will not regulate a drinking water contaminant that has been linked to brain damage in infants.

The chemical perchlorate is used in rocket fuel and fireworks.