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Bronx activists are fuming that a proposal aimed at opening up the notoriously polluted Harlem River to swimming won’t do anything to keep raw sewage from being dumped there. The state Department of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oregon recently released a progress report on the nitrate reduction plan for the Lower Umatilla Basin, where thousands of people ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Voted into law a half-century ago, the Clean Water Act of 1972 is still far from achieving its ambitious goals. The landmark law aimed to make U.S. waters safe for swimming and ...

An Oregon wood treatment facility polluted a town’s water source for years with a now-banned chemical. Regulators who knew didn’t stop it. After decades trapping crayfish in northwest Oregon, Mike ...

A coalition of clean water advocates has announced its intention to sue the Environmental Protection Agency over its handling of polluted rivers, lakes and streams in Iowa. The EPA initially listed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ana Maria Rodriguez with the nonprofit Oregon Rural Action demonstrates how to test for nitrates outside the state Capitol in ...