Voluntary efforts to curb groundwater pollution in eastern Oregon have failed for decades. This bill was supposed to change ...

Gov. Tina Kotek backed the bill to modernize Oregon’s failed groundwater pollution laws. Kotek has been active in trying to ...

Eleven individuals, including three Japanese nationals, were sentenced to prison here over chemical pollution caused by a ...

An analysis of 500 watersheds found levels of organic carbon, phosphorus, and other pollutants up to 103 times higher after a ...

Demand for low-carbon nuclear energy could boost uranium prospects on Alaska’s Seward Peninsula. But residents of the small ...

Heat waves are primarily caused by high-pressure systems that push warm air down onto an area and hold it there. During heat ...

Groundwater input to coral reefs directly affects water chemistry and triggers a cascade of changes in the coastal ecosystem, ...

Abandoned coal mines had left waterways acidic and rusty orange. Local residents are cleaning them up, and recovering ...

Scientists used advanced technology to assess the risks. Officials uncover rising threat to US groundwater — here's what you ...

Neighbors overwhelmingly oppose the demolition of the silos. If it goes through, neighbors want stronger measures to prevent ...

The city’s air quality improved slightly in 2024 from what it was a year earlier, according to a report by the Center for the ...

Power plants and industrial facilities that emit carbon dioxide, the primary driver of global warming, are hopeful that ...