During the fires, multiple areas were put under Do Not Drink or Do Not Use water advisories. And while many have been lifted, contamination is still a concern. Pipe flushing and testing is the primary ...

LOWER BURRELL, Pa. — Crews worked Tuesday to clean what they could of a hydraulic oil spill that happened at the Braeburn ...

In arid West Texas, water seeps and bubbles from old wells, sometimes carrying oil, brackish water or other pollutants to the surface. The leaky wells called P-13 wells are from ...

Cleanup continued Tuesday at the site of a hydraulic fluid spill into the Allegheny River in Lower Burrell. The state ...

Hydraulic fluid was released into the Allegheny River from Braeburn Alloy Steel in Lower Burrell on Monday afternoon, ...

The St. Clair County Board of Commissioners heard a presentation during its board meeting Thursday on how the county might remove "forever chemicals" from water in the Smith's Creek Landfill.

During his first moments as the nation’s 47th president Monday, Donald Trump moved to withdraw the United States from the Paris agreement, boost domestic fossil fuel production and reverse many ...

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Otherwise, our cars would run on whale oil or wood. Whether we burn oil, gas and coal here or export it elsewhere, the resulting disasters are orders of magnitude worse for the families that are ...

DEFOREST, Wis. -- The DeForest Village Board could vote Tuesday to remove fluoride from the community's drinking water. The board is slated to discuss resolution on whether to remove the mineral ...