Discover how young scientist Gitanjali Rao created a device to detect lead contamination in water.

The Trump administration proposed rolling back a Biden-era requirement for coal ash wastewater that can contain arsenic, mercury and other pollutants. The Trump administration on Thursday proposed ...

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On the banks of Nagdaha, a polluted and lotus-infested lake in Nepal, Soni Pradhanang is putting trash back into the water—on purpose. She carefully assembles a platform of styrofoam and bamboo mats, ...

The agency also said it would delay the implementation of an air pollution rule for cars and trucks by two years.

The nation’s rivers and streams remain stubbornly polluted with nutrients that contaminate drinking water and fuel a gigantic dead zone for aquatic life in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a recently ...

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Three Hawaii beaches made a national top-10 list for high bacterial counts exceeding recreational health standards.

Scientists and communities are working together to address pollution in Mexico’s rivers, but are skeptical of the government’s efforts in this area, including a national water plan released last year.