The California Department of Toxic Substances Control had planned to weaken rules for hazard waste disposal. An oversight ...

The board that oversees California’s toxic substances agency unanimously voted Thursday to remove a controversial proposal ...

California regulators are recommending the state weaken its hazardous waste disposal rules in a bid to dump contaminated soil at some municipal landfills within the state. State officials say ...

The owner of a now-defunct Ventura County dry cleaning operation has been ordered to pay more than $30,000 for dumping 110 gallons of hazardous waste in Los Angeles County, officials announced ...

In Los Angeles, crews from the Environmental Protection Agency have started showing up in hazmat suits and digging through all the potential hazardous waste that the wildfires have left behind.

The threat from toxic waste released by floodwaters may be felt for decades. It’s not something people usually think about, but as climate change produces more frequent and intense storms ...