Barrels of industrial waste dumped into the Pacific Ocean decades ago are still affecting the deep seafloor off the Los Angeles coast, a new study has found. The discarded barrels, which have for ...

WASHINGTON— More than 9,000 people today urged the U.S. Forest Service to halt plans to allow carbon waste from industrial sources like fossil fuel power plants to be dumped in national forests. In ...

As Emily McHugh and her family moved into a home on Ayres Street in Wayne County's Van Buren Township in Michigan about a decade ago, they knew they were moving close to a landfill. "We weren't in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Nashville facility accused of dumping untreated industrial wastewater into the city sewer has pleaded guilty to criminal charges ...

TANQUA, Brazil — Several tons of fish have died along one of the main rivers in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state after an alleged illegal dumping of industrial waste from a sugar and ethanol plant, ...

(Yicai) Jan. 13 -- China has unveiled its first national-level action plan for solid waste management to tackle mounting ...