The researchers hope their new method can be scaled up for use in the real world. By Christina van Waasbergen,...
Wastewater from the refinery in Carson contained more than 300 times the permitted concentration of oil and grease, prosecutors claim....
UC Davis experts are studying where small bits of synthetic polymers, or microplastics, are winding up — and what risks they pose. By Ula Chrobak, UC Davis While photos of littered beaches and floating garbage patches are unsettling, perhaps the...
By Jacob Margolis, LAist This article was originally published by LAist on 10/30/2024. Over the past decade, about 67 million...
By Leslie Hart, College of Charleston and Miranda Dziobak, College of Charleston Bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay in Florida and...
For nearly 50 years, the agrochemical conglomerate was the sole producer of polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs in the United States. By Hillel Aron, Courthouse News Service Monsanto has agreed to pay the city of Los Angeles $35 million to settle...
By Gabriel Lade, Macalester College About 23 million U.S. households depend on private wells as their primary drinking water source....
Repeated pollution violations result in $2.38 million in mitigation payments From the San Francisco Baykeeper: Valero oil refinery and Amports,...
WaterPACT Project to quantify and reduce plastic waste in US rivers By Anna Nixon, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Rivers are nature’s highways, supplying nearby areas with life-sustaining water, nutrients, and biodiversity on their journeys to larger bodies of water....
By the EPA: To some people, tire pollution might draw up an image of a blown-out or discarded tire on...
By Joseph Winters, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Twenty years...
The communications giant said it had agreed in 2021 to remove the cables, but paused that process to have further analysis performed. By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service AT&T on Wednesday signaled it will resolve a yearslong legal struggle over...
Press release from the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance: Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, California. September 18, 2024 – California Sportfishing Protection...
Emerging research is unraveling the complex ways wildfires affect lakes, streams and the ocean. By Kiley Price, Inside Climate News...
Drinking water contamination is a chronic, insidious threat in California’s rural communities. Some have been waiting for clean water for years. By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to...