Come on in, the water’s fine … Or is it? Beaches are among America’s biggest natural attractions, with an estimated 400 million people visiting one each year, according to the United States Lifesaving ...

Riverkeeper's new portal includes maps showing where it's safe to swim in the Hudson River and which fish are OK to eat.

As a result of a series of recent developments, industrial farms that raise thousands of animals in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are facing new regulations aimed at preventing water ...

Graham Averill is Outside magazine’s national parks columnist, but some of his favorite adventures have happened inside state parks. Given that I’m just back from a surfing trip, the recent news about ...

Jennifer Mayerle happily returned to Minnesota and WCCO, where she began her career as a summer intern. The Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist returned to WCCO as a reporter in 2014 ...

The justices heard arguments on Wednesday in a long-simmering dispute between San Francisco and the E.P.A. over regulation of water pollution. By Abbie VanSickle Reporting from Washington The Supreme ...

In February, 50 million litres of toxic wastewater escaped from a dam at a copper mine run by Sino Metals Leach, a subsidiary ...

A POPULAR beach in north county Dublin has been closed to swimmers due to potential water pollution. Fingal County Council ...

A long-awaited scientific report commissioned by Polk County says farm pollution threatens the ability to drink clean water and to safely interact with central Iowa streams, Iowa Capital Dispatch has ...