water quality

Wastewater from oil and gas drilling has been used as a cheap dust suppressant in rural Pennsylvania for years.

The bill is seen as a mandate that municipal leaders and environmental groups call a solution in search of a problem.

Jackson said the amendment will empower citizens to go to court, if necessary, to enforce those rights.

“Voters are going to be asked a simple question. Should we add to New York state’s bill of rights, the right to clean air, clean water and a healthful environment?”

State legislators, local elected officials, and environmental advocates called for stringent standards on three toxic chemicals that have polluted drinking water across the state: PFOA, PFOS and 1,4-dioxane.

In Philadelphia, the survey found two of the most commonly researched PFAS chemicals at levels far below the EPA’s recommended limit.

DEP quietly withdrew the fine for faulty drilling after the company promised to fix the problems.

Taxes and bans on single use plastics try to combat plastics in the oceans

Amid federal inaction, there's no consensus on how much of the PFAS class of chemicals is too much.

Plastic doesn’t go away, but it breaks down in the environment. One bottle can degrade into hundreds, even thousands, of tiny pieces of plastic the size of a grain of sand, which can be eaten by birds or fish.