clean water

The Connecticut River Conservancy offers a way to check E. coli test results from the river and its tributaries.

An online tool can help swimmers and boaters determine if certain New England waterways are safe from bacterial contamination to help them avoid getting sick. “The Connecticut River often is very clean for swimming and boating,” said Ryan O’Donnell, a water quality monitoring coordinator with the Connecticut River Conservancy, a group that helps maintain New England’s longest river. Before...

The band Coldplay is sponsoring a waste “Interceptor” that’s floating down the Klang River in Malaysia. The Ocean Cleanup uses these to remove plastic from the waterway.

Dutch non-profit organization The Ocean Cleanup created the Interceptor 005 with a sponsorship from UK band Coldplay.

Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has been charged with two counts of willful neglect of duty in the Flint water crisis

Down to its final weeks, the Trump administration is working to push through dozens of rollbacks that could weaken century-old protections for migratory birds, expand Arctic drilling and hamstring future regulation of public health threats

A recent change to state law in Vermont, one largely invisible to consumers, is expected to have a big impact on the environment. After Vermonters finish a soda or a beer, what they choose to do with their empties could now help the planet in a whole new way. “It is something you can easily do at home, and make…

Bottles and cans with deposits in Vermont can be redeemed for nickels, but if they are thrown in the recycling, that change now supports the Clean Water Fund.