Water is vital for food security, human health and economic development. But as populations grow and climate change intensifies, pollution is increasing throughout the water cycle. Water pollutants ...

Welcome to today’s edition of Boiling Point. I’m Ian James, a reporter on The Times climate and environment team, filling in for my colleague Sammy Roth. As the burning of fossil fuels and other human ...

Water pollution presents a significant challenge for the stability of aquatic ecosystems and the organisms that inhabit them. Aquatic animals are ...

Chemicals from wastewater, such as illicit drugs and byproducts, have been found in the air along the coast near the polluted Tijuana River. Researchers said the pollutants are carried in wastewater ...

On a Tuesday, March 4, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a 5-4 ruling that has sent shockwaves through environmental advocacy circles. The decision effectively undermines the Environmental Protection ...

Aging plants that process a byproduct of crude oil refining into vital metals feedstocks exist in a gap of federal pollution oversight, allowing the facilities to have an outsized impact on localized ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. When the Environmental Protection Agency was formed in 1970, its ...