Algae blooms that are toxic to people and dogs have contaminated the Columbia River in Richland and downriver starting in August in some recent years. Randall Benton file rbenton@sacbee.com ...

Aleks Phillips is a Newsweek U.S. News Reporter based in London. His focus is on U.S. politics and the environment. He has covered climate change extensively, as well as healthcare and crime.

As seen in a video posted to X by industry fan page DiscussingFilm, a boat bearing promo materials for The Toxic Avenger was ...

Tracy Glantz tglantz@thestate.com Thirteen years after a kayaker reported stepping into a stinging patch of muck in the Congaree River, contractors have cleaned up the toxic mess that covered a ...

A thick layer of toxic foam has once again coated parts of a sacred river near New Delhi as the Indian capital battles an acrid and noxious smog that has settled across the city. The white froth ...

Toxic algae has been found at two Army Corps of Engineers parks on the Snake River near the Tri-Cities, warns the Walla Walla County Department of Community Health. At Charbonneau Park ...

The Haw River flows into Jordan Lake. A new study found fish in both bodies of water contain toxic chemicals known as PFAS. The Haw River and Jordan Lake provide drinking water for almost a ...