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Wastewater treatment plants in Western Pennsylvania are dumping what’s known as forever chemicals into Pittsburgh’s rivers, a new study shows. The report from the nonprofit Women for a Healthy Environment focuses on per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS), man-made chemicals used in many industrial and consumer products. It found a higher

John Rumpler, Clean Water DIrector and lead attorney for Environment America, joins to talk about the long overdue revision of regulations governing wastewater from slaughterhouses and meat processing plants. Decades overdue, public hearings on the subject are being held January 24th and 31st 2024. Learn more about how much toxic waste could be captured if these revised regulations are allowed to pass.

Wildlife advocates are urging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign whats known as the Birds and Bees Protection Act. The bill bans neonicotinoids, a neurotoxic pesticide used to coat plants and seeds, since numerous studies have linked these chemicals to massive bee and pollinator die-offs. ...

It’s been 300 years since botanist John Bartram decided to build a garden on the banks of the Schuylkill River Today, the landscape looks vastly different.

Experts fear half of the 290m wetland acres have lost federal protection and could be at risk from developers

The worlds water and freshwater ecosystems, with an annual estimated economic value of $58 trillion, are in a downward spiral - according to a new World Wildlife Fund report. Michele Thieme - deputy director of freshwater programs with the fund - says freshwater systems are the planets life support system, and they provide tremendous value for people in Colorado and across the globe. "Everything from drinking water to water that is used to grow the food we eat and the fibers that mak...

Volunteer water monitoring is gaining popularity in West Virginia, and could help assess the impact on regional water quality of projects like the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Jenna Dodson, West Virginia Rivers Coalition staff scientist, said a ...

An influx of natural disasters from wildfires to floods to hurricanes have hit schools since students returned to in-person learning after COVID.

Michigan water rates have surged more than 40% since 2010, and it is a trend thats expected to continue as cities and utilities work to upgrade aging systems. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said people shouldnt be paying more than 4.5% of their monthly income for water and sewer services. ...

Environmental groups say a proposal to cut $4 billion from the Environmental Protection Agency budget would gut the regulations designed to clean up toxic chemicals from public water systems in Illinois and across the country. A group of House Republicans is demanding the cuts in exchange for their votes to keep the government from shutting down later his month, but they would jeopardize federal plans to eliminate "forever chemicals" known as PFAS found in U.S. water supplies....