Pollution is a public health concern, and is considered to be any harmful material introduced to the environment. Many materials can cause such harm and are referred to as pollutants. Pollutants are ...

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 Biden administration on Thursday announced a series of new rules designed to cut pollution emitted from coal and natural gas-fired power plants having an impact on air, water, land and climate.

Water scientist Patrick Byrne tells The Conversation Weekly podcast what testing rivers can reveal about the biggest, often ...

Trash dumped into stretches of the Willamette River between Salem and the Columbia River has gotten so bad that local agencies may need to come up with ways to address it, according to a state report ...

KALAMAZOO, MI -- The city of Kalamazoo is adding new air quality sensors in neighborhoods to detect five types of pollution. Eight Air Quality Index sensors will be installed in Kalamazoo in the ...

Power plants account for more than one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. The Biden administration on Thursday announced a series of new rules designed to cut pollution emitted from coal and ...