Legislators have just passed a groundwater protection bill that many nonprofit groups working on groundwater contamination said was too watered down to make a real difference. Gov. Tina Kotek ...

A romantic view of the oil business, particularly the historic West Edmond Field, hides a hard fact: Those wildcatters left a mess: bad groundwater.

To protect groundwater from the threats of overextraction and pollution, and to manage it sustainably for the future, it is essential to understand where groundwater in specific locations is ...

Senate Bill 80 would have prevented new large livestock farms in the Oregon's three groundwater management areas.

Senate Bill 1154 centralizes the state’s response to groundwater pollution, but hundreds of private well owners oppose it.

A recent analysis has revealed that India’s groundwater contains pollutants in excess of permissible limits. This contamination is driven by both natural geochemical processes and human ...

According to him, it will help in mitigating the problems of public and environmental health in Nigeria and worldwide. Addressing newsmen, he said: "The World Bank estimates that 2.3 billion ...

Each year, air pollution is estimated to lead to more than eight million premature deaths globally. This is mainly through cardiovascular diseases, to ...

Extreme weather from climate change, including droughts and heavy rains, may increase the risk of nitrates from fertilizers ending up in groundwater.

Shell is in court today facing allegations it is responsible for oil pollution in Nigeria that left thousands without clean water and ruined farming and fishing. Lawyers claim hundreds of leaks ...

Residential wells supporting hundreds of eastern Oregon households are unusable due to unsafe nitrate levels in the water, the result of agricultural practices.