Campaigners have said stronger deterrents are needed to stop water pollution after figures obtained by BBC News NI showed there were 63 fines handed down between 2020 and 2024. In the same period ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will on Thursday set out new legislation to stop water companies leaking sewage into rivers and seas by bringing in tougher penalties including imprisonment for bosses, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHAPEL HILL — On behalf of Cape Fear River Watch and Haw River Assembly, the Southern Environmental Law Center recently filed a ...

Support for this reporting was provided by the Wake Forest University Environmental and Epistemic Justice Initiative. Celeste Gracia is a 2024 fellow of the program. A constant stream of 18-wheeler ...

After a Times investigation found rising contamination, congressional leaders sound alarm. Zachary T. Sampson is the assistant managing editor/investigations. He can be reached at ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on November 21 published the National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution (the Strategy). Through the Strategy, EPA aims to address plastic pollution and ...

Environmental authorities in England downgraded thousands of water company pollution incidents without even investigating them. A former Environment Agency employee called attention to the matter and ...

LONDON/BRUSSELS, June 4 (Reuters) - The European Investment Bank pledged on Wednesday to invest 15 billion euros ($17 billion) in projects that help reduce water pollution, prevent water wastage and ...

I spent last summer wading through seagrass meadows across Northern Ireland, from the sheltered waters of Strangford Lough to the exposed coast at Waterfoot Bay. I was collecting seagrass leaves and ...