A coal-fired power plant on the banks of the Potomac River received three violations from a state inspector. An environmental group worries the plant may be polluting the water with toxic heavy metals.
The state denied a permit request by Altair Disposal Services to construct a landfill that would take waste from an incineration facility and turn it into road material.
Chemours says it has submitted data to the DEQ that will be used to help determine the best ways to remove PFAS from the Cape Fear River and surroundings.
Gov. Roy Cooper’s proposed bond issue would provide $800 million for water & sewer systems in NC, some would be used to consolidate struggling rural systems
Three years after Miami-Dade County cited FPL for cooling canal water violations, Florida is poised to approve a draft permit that critics say allows the canals to leak into Biscayne Bay without adequate monitoring.
Farmers say proposed changes in the state’s swine waste management system permit causes undue burden. Environmentalists say lagoons & spray fields must go.
A state master plan says up to $11 billion is needed to fix sewer systems and stop overflows, but little money is available to make even basic repairs.
Study finds decreasing lead in topsoil coincides with reductions in children's blood levels, which suggests playing around the dirt may be an important source of the toxic for children
