Water Pollution

Consumers are increasingly concerned about what they’re drinking. Results from Trellis data partner GlobeScan’s consumer survey on environmental challenges show water pollution stands out as the most serious concern globally. This sentiment coincides with the heightened global focus on water as climate extremes disrupt the global water cycle and momentum builds ahead…

Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. People living near concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, in California, Texas and Iowa suffer from higher rates of cancer, suggesting that the air and water pollution from the massive farms may be…

The Mekong Delta of Vietnam ranks among the world’s three most climate-vulnerable regions. Known as Southeast Asia’s “rice basket,” the region is home to 18 million people, produces half of Vietnam’s rice and 65% of its aquaculture, but faces escalating threats from rising sea levels, water pollution...Read More

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Two weeks ago, when Texas sued a massive Dow petrochemical plant over water pollution, state environmental regulators were already considering a novel proposal from the company that would effectively legalize discharges of plastic material from the 4,700–acre complex into waters feeding San Antonio Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.  If…

The Texas Attorney General’s office filed a lawsuit Friday afternoon against Dow Chemical Co., North America’s largest chemical manufacturer, describing hundreds of water pollution violations from its industrial complex on the rural Gulf Coast in Seadrift.  While the state’s 46-page lawsuit followed a 60-day notice of intent to sue filed…

NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a resolution through voice vote to extend the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act, to Manipur, which is under President’s rule. However, opposition MPs took the opportunity to attack the govt for the crisis in the state by mishandling the situation…

Some of the polluted water discharged into the city. Screenshot from the video “LUBUMBASHI: Polluted water discharged by CDM is now putting lives at risk” on the Triomphe TV YouTube channel While areas rich in rare minerals may be a blessing for the economies of countries like the Democratic Republic…

I n the spring of 2022, Jim Doherty kept having the same conversation with folks at the only grocery store in Boardman, his eastern Oregon hometown, or at the grain depot where he picked up food for his four ranch dogs. Healthy adults that these people knew were coming down…

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 39, September 2025. SignificanceLittle is known about how environmental policies alter water pollution gaps and thereby affect well-being inequities. We study China’s 11th Five-Year Plan, which triggered spatially differentiated water pollution abatement and targeted high ...Read More