water pollution
Tough new EPA rules would force coal-fired power plants to capture emissions or shut down
Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by ...
UN experts decry water woes in Guadeloupe and say scientists and activists are being censored
Science
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.N. independent experts are denouncing chronic water cuts in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, adding ...
Latest EPA assessment shows almost no improvement in river and stream nitrogen pollution
Science
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The nation’s rivers and streams remain stubbornly polluted with nutrients that contaminate drinking water and fuel a gigantic ...
Seagrass resurgence offers ray of hope for Florida’s hard-hit manatees
U.S.
A picturesque expanse of water along Florida’s space coast is offering a modicum of hope for the state’s embattled manatees as wildlife ...
Quarter of world’s freshwater fish species at risk of extinction, researchers warn
Science
Thousands of species of freshwater fish are at risk of extinction, the International Union for Conservation of Nature said in a Monday ...