Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is ...

Recent data from the Environmental Protection Agency shows air quality in certain regions of the U.S. is deteriorating, ...

A few heavy storms cause a big chunk of nitrogen pollution from Midwest farms ... huge metal monsters roamed the Mississippi River. Called ironclads, these boats were about 50 yards long, carried ...

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Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of the newly approved Water Resources Development Act.

Mapping fish migration routes and identifying threats is crucial to protecting freshwater species and their habitats, ecologists argue.

The Phillips 66 refinery provided monetary support and sweat equity through employee volunteer hours to hundreds of ...

Money from Minnesota’s settlement with 3M over “forever chemicals” will soon be available for natural resources projects in ...

In a letter filed in federal court, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency said the proposed expansion of a toxic waste ...

Great Lakes Fact or Fake? is a new book by Dave Dempsey. Below are adapted excerpts from the book, which bring readers along while he answers 41 myths about the Great Lakes. FACT or FAKE? There was a ...

Clean water does not come easy. That was a significant part of the message delivered by a cavalcade of conservationists who convened at the Mendenhall Inn earlier this month. I was a member of the ...