The owners of the Shoosmith Landfill have declared bankruptcy, claiming they cannot afford to clean up the millions of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Polk County had a $2.5 million problem at its landfill. At issue was the cost and treatment of leachate (LEE-chayt) — the liquid ...

New peer-reviewed research from Kentucky State University takes that movement seriously, offering early Kentucky-based field ...

Developing a compliance approach for a new regulation sometimes means overlooking unintended consequences of the chosen compliance method. Preparing for compliance with the new U.S. Environmental ...

COVENTRY, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont’s only landfill is testing new technology aimed at removing PFAS chemicals from leachate, the rainwater that runs out of landfills. The so-called forever chemicals have ...

Smelting is a beloved pastime for many in the Northland, but there’s a threat lurking under the surface of Lake Superior. Known as ‘forever chemicals’, PFAS are a class of thousands of different ...

Neighbors are calling on the Department of Environmental Protection to address the risk of radioactivity in Pennsylvania.

KINGSTON — Federal, state and local government investment in recent years has helped Kingston revitalize its downtown waterfront, which slopes down to Rondout Creek, a tributary of the Hudson River.