The Environmental Protection Agency proposed two new rules Monday to protect drinking water from harmful waste chemicals, amid criticism that a toxic spill the agency caused in the West earlier this ...

The Rowan County Board of Commissioners had a short agenda on Tuesday, with only three votes being held to update the county’s fire code ordinances and hazardous materials ordinance […] ...

This article is the first in a series on the environmental costs of America’s last remaining alumina refinery. GRAMERCY — For several months, a River Parishes refinery unlawfully discharged industrial ...

The order is the second the EPA has issued against Smitty's and the third regulatory action overall since the devastating ...

LENOX — Firefighters on Friday quickly put out a fire in a Lenox home garage. However, the response prompted a hazardous waste cleanup. That's because water from firehoses mixed with waste oil and ...

ST. CLOUD — A major St. Cloud manufacturer has paid over $12,000 in fines for hazardous waste violations.

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and ...

A man hauling a horse trailer from Petaluma to Oregon last month allegedly spilled liquid hazardous waste from the trailer all over Santa Rosa, authorities said. Santa Rosa police said officers ...

Crews are at the scene of a hazardous waste spill Thursday afternoon along Interstate Highway 280 near Los Altos, authorities said. No one was injured when the flatbed pickup truck crashed shortly ...