Water Pollution

A broken pipe leaked more than a million gallons of raw sewage into the sea off the California coast, shutting down miles of Orange County beaches as authorities scrambled to fix it. The spill was first reported on Wednesday afternoon, and the source of the …

(PORT NECHES, Texas) — More than 50,000 people in East Texas remained under a mandatory evacuation order Thursday as a fire continued to burn at a chemical plant, one day after two massive explosions there. Jefferson County Sheriff Zena Stephens said the eva…

Holding a major international summit on climate change against a backdrop of civil discontent like the kind that has rocked Chile might have given the world the impression that issues like clean energy can be addressed without also confronting problems of soc…

Image copyrightGetty Images It's been by far the greenest campaign in UK election history, with parties pledging tougher policies on the environment and climate change. But in a year of Greta Thunberg's UN speech and Sir David Attenborough's documentaries o…

This handout image taken early on November 27, 2019 and released to AFP by Ryan Mathewson, who lives roughly two minutes from the plant with his family, shows fire and flames following an explosion at a chemical plant in the Texas city of Port Neches,…

PORT NECHES, Texas — Three workers were injured early Wednesday in a massive explosion at a Texas chemical plant that also blew out the windows and doors of nearby homes. Firefighters worked to contain a blaze that erupted after the blast at the TPC Group pl…

From fires in the Amazon and in Australia, to flash flooding in Europe, right across the globe we are witnessing the impact of climate change on the environment. But how does a changing climate affect key infrastructure? Engineering experts explain. How does…

Hundreds of billions of gallons of untreated sewage contaminates oceans, rivers, lakes and streams ... every year in the U.S. Aleksandr Kurganov - stock.adobe.com Every year, around 900 billion gallons of untreated sewage escapes aging wastewater system…

There are dozens of brands to choose from if you're trying to shop more ethically this holiday season.  Louise Beaumont/Getty Images This story is part of Holiday Gift Guide 2019, your source for the season's best gifts and deals, hand-picked by the experts…

NEW DELHI: Governments that fail to provide clean air and water to their citizens must compensate them for the adverse impact of pollution, the Supreme Court said on Monday while issuing notices to all states and UTs to explain why citizens should not have su…