BROOKHAVEN, N.Y.—The crowd grew restless at Brookhaven Town Hall on Long Island as residents voiced their concerns about groundwater contamination from a nearby landfill that has spread beneath parts ...

Support for this reporting was provided by the Wake Forest University Environmental and Epistemic Justice Initiative. Celeste Gracia is a 2024 fellow of the program. A constant stream of 18-wheeler ...

Colleen O’Neil, of the Mountain Watershed Association, fixes a crooked sign posted near a landfill's discharge pipe that flows into Sewickley Creek in Yukon, Pa. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate ...

Federal regulators say it’s an imminent danger, a Los Angeles County supervisor says she has “lost faith” in its management and aggrieved neighbors have filed two lawsuits demanding an end to its ...

A federal judge has ruled a York County landfill is liable for pollution runoff that violates the Clean Water Act. In a Monday order, U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania ...

Trash piles atop the South Kent County Landfill in Byron, Michigan. The landfill opened in 1986 and will be at capacity in around 5 years. (Photo by Nick Hagen / Planet Detroit) This is your first of ...

On July 14, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, jointly with multiple departments including the National Development and ...

Thousands of hidden landfill sites across the United Kingdom and Europe, many located in floodplains could leak toxic waste into rivers and drinking water if severe weather strikes, according to a new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Protesters demand the closure of Chiquita Canyon Landfill during a demonstration at Hasley Canyon Park in Castaic on Feb. 22.