pollution

Dry cleaners’ solvents taint Martinsville’s water

The dry cleaning industry’s use of environmentally hazardous solvents is declining, but the legacy of “perc” is an expensive one…

7 years ago

Escaping one of the nation’s worst environmental disaster zones

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. — In May, Demetra Turner holds a letter telling her to vacate her home in the West…

7 years ago

Indigenous artists unite to create murals focused on water protection

Photo: Artist Isaac Murdoch, from Serpent River First Nation in Ontario, and volunteers in Edmonton began painting a mural on…

7 years ago

The Curse of Plastic Ocean Waste Now Part of the Cure

Much of the natural beauty around it remains intact but the town of Santa Teresa is no longer the undiscovered…

7 years ago

North Carolina sues company accused of polluting Cape Fear River

Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration is suing a manufacturer accused of dumping pollutants into the river that serves as the main…

7 years ago