The report authors examined EPA water pollution data from 2019 to 2021 for 81 major refineries across the country – about two thirds of all refineries operating in the U.S. Refineries are ...

The project's launch coincided with the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, which requires states to report data on waterways to the EPA. The agency in turn periodically updates Congress on ...

Using that data, DEQ can propose the EPA list certain water bodies — like streams, rivers, lakes and oceans — as impaired by a type of pollution.

Fertilizer policies and subsidies “require careful scrutiny,” the report cautions. Dirty water impedes economies. The report found that increasing pollution within a river basin hinders productivity ...

The county's Water Quality Monitoring Program began in 2020 with the installation of the six monitoring stations to collect data from Fishing Creek at Goldsboro and Craley, Codorus Creek, Conewago ...

Oil refineries release billions of pounds of pollution into waterways each year, according to regulatory data. NPR found that pollution is concentrated near places where people of color live.

The report authors examined EPA water pollution data from 2019 to 2021 for 81 major refineries across the country – about two thirds of all refineries operating in the U.S. Refineries are required to ...

Oil refineries release billions of pounds of pollution annually into waterways, and that pollution disproportionately affects people of color, according to a new analysis of Environmental Protection ...