Water Pollution

HOUSTON (AP) Prosecutors have filed water pollution charges against a company that owns a Houston-area petrochemical storage facility where a large fire caused chemicals to flow into a nearby waterway. The Harris County District Attorney’s Office said Monday…

(Reuters) - Mitsui & Co Ltd’s Intercontinental Terminals Co faces five environmental criminal charges following a March chemical fire at its Deer Park, Texas, petrochemical storage facility, local officials said on Monday. ITC was charged with polluting…

Exxon Mobil Corp. agreed to pay a $1.05 million penalty to settle alleged federal water pollution violations from an oil pipeline break into Montana's Yellowstone River, according to court documents filed Friday. Approval of the agreement by U.S. District Ju…

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) Exxon Mobil Corp. agreed to pay a $1.05 million penalty to settle alleged federal water pollution violations from an oil pipeline break into Montana’s Yellowstone River, according to court documents filed Friday. Approval of the agreemen…

In 2017, malaria killed 435,000 people around the world. The vast majority of these deaths 403,000 were on the African continent. Most malaria cases are in sub-Saharan Africa. My colleagues and I at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases track mala…

Private wells used for drinking water in Iowa face widespread contamination due to agricultural practices, according to a new report out Wednesday, highlighting the latest in a series of major drinking water issues unfolding across the country. Authored by t…

Thisstory was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of theClimate Desk collaboration. One humid July day, the Chinese environmentalist Ma Jun stood in front of an alley sandwiched by two warehouses at the factory of an Apple sup…

Researchers have developed an algorithm that uses satellite imagery to rapidly pinpoint industrial livestock farms, manifold faster than humans can do by manually analyzing maps. Now, the researchers think their new analytical tool could help regulators to id…

If youve ever listened to a podcast, youve probably heard of Blue Apron. Its just one of the many meal kit delivery services that have sprung up over the last seven years, delivering preassembled meal kits to the homes of their subscribers. Think of them as L…

Fashion is one of Earths most resource-intensive, environment-polluting industries. Manufacturing clothing requires vast quantities of water, international transport, and laborand after all that, clothes regularly get thrown away after just a few months or ye…