Minneapolis has installed hundreds of rain gardens, tree trenches and other green infrastructure in recent years, aiming to ...

More coal plants could shut down under EPA’s new water pollution rule. The Biden administration proposes a strengthened rule on toxic metals released by coal plants, making it more expensive for ...

The plants will soak up and use the extra water. Native plants improve soil health. The roots help decrease soil compaction, stabilize the soil, and reduce erosion.

New rules will slash air, water and climate pollution from U.S. power plants. Four rules from the Environmental Protection Agency will reduce harmful emissions from gas- and coal-fired power ...

BILLINGS, Mont. -- Major utilities have found evidence of groundwater contamination at coal-burning power plants across the U.S. where landfills and man-made ponds have been used for decades as ...

Reducing power plant waste water pollution. A third rule would reduce waste water pollutants from coal-fired power plants by over 660 million pounds per year, according to the EPA, ...

Fifteen years after the EPA said greenhouse gasses are a danger to public health, the agency finalized rules to limit climate-warming pollution from existing coal and new gas power plants.

EPA clamps down on water pollution from coal plants. By Miranda Willson | 04/25/2024 01:25 PM EDT . The new rules targeting coal wastewater and coal ash are part of a suite of regulations expected ...

Aging plants that process a byproduct of crude oil refining into vital metals feedstocks exist in a gap of federal pollution oversight, allowing the facilities to have an outsized impact on ...