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 ...

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Air pollution has been convincingly linked to respiratory illnesses, while run-off from industries has not only diminished ...

Efforts to improve the “swimmability” of urban areas are gaining global traction, from Paris to Chicago Swimmable Cities is a global alliance of local government officials, experts and advocates ...

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 ...

There’s a drinking spring in our village that, for around 175 years, has been used to slake the thirst of passers-by. Whether future generations will be able to drink from it is now in doubt. 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 ...

One of South Dakota’s top lawmakers said Wednesday that it may be time to move beyond financial incentives and consider new regulations on agriculture to address the state’s polluted rivers and lakes.

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 ...

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