In short, while the picture is authentic, it does not show the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." Underwater photographer ...

Scientists use satellite data to find ocean zones where trash naturally gathers for easier, faster, and cleaner clean-up.

The Supreme Court has made it harder for environmental regulators to limit water pollution, ruling for San Francisco in a case about the discharge of raw sewage that sometimes occurs during heavy ...

Plastic waste is increasingly causing problems for fishers. Fishnets bring up bottles, propellers get tangled in bags, water ...

The justices, in a 5-4 decision, ruled that the EPA exceeded its authority under a landmark anti-pollution law by ... which empties into the Pacific Ocean. The city had sued to challenge the ...

EPA revolves around restrictions on the release of pollution into large bodies ... forcing the city to release untreated water into the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay.

San Francisco sued the EPA after the agency found the city in violation of the terms of a 2019 permit required to discharge pollution from its wastewater system into the Pacific Ocean. City ...

The Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner (OPOC) and Conservation International have signed a historic Memorandum of ...

The ruling allows San Francisco to continue releasing treated wastewater under its existing permit, which the city argued already adhered to federal and state pollution guidelines. “When a ...

The decision is the latest in which conservative justices have reined in pollution control efforts ... for maintaining the quality of the water, the Pacific Ocean in this case, into which ...