In an effort to increase education and awareness of water quality and water pollution problems, a number of county organizations partnered up enlist the community in creative ways to address these ...

A journalist and a farmer visit three fields with different styles of cultivation — conventional, organic and no-till — to bury cotton underwear in each. Though this sounds like the beginning of a bad ...

Owners of a large Addison County dairy farm already found liable for polluting a neighbor’s land want to expand, raising concerns that increased runoff could damage a public water supply and worsen ...

This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder, which covers rural America, and Modern Farmer. The Lower Yakima Valley in Washington state has been home to large-scale animal ...

With swelling demand straining its antique wastewater infrastructure, it’s no wonder Fort Myers has water pollution problems. Fecal bacteria in its creeks, fountains "of raw sewage”, dirty ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. Agricultural operations across Iowa are a leading cause of significant water ...

The northwest Iowa journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2017 for his editorials about the state’s water pollution problem is releasing a new book that’s highly critical of Iowa’s agricultural ...

Scientists and communities are working together to address pollution in Mexico’s rivers, but are skeptical of the government’s efforts in this area, including a national water plan released last year.

Nobody wants plastic pollution. That doesn’t mean poorly considered and heavy-handed governmental actions are the solution. This includes misguided single-use plastic bans (e.g., bans on plastic ...