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

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

San Francisco argued that Clean Water Act permits should function like recipes that restrict specific ingredients in a dish, rather than telling cooks not to make the dish too salty.

Countries have debated for decades whether to allow mining on the ocean floor, a potential trove of critical minerals. Now, ...

D.C. 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.

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 ...

The effects of a proposed green-energy facility in Chile could be devastating for some of the most powerful instruments ...

President Donald Trump and his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, have promised sweeping changes to the U.S. military.

The 5-to-4 decision is the latest setback for the agency and could have sweeping implications for curtailing water pollution offshore ... released into the Pacific Ocean and to penalize the ...

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