/tags/water-pollution Water Pollution en-US Copyright Wed, 03 Jan 2024 18:42:24 GMT /2024-01-03/new-h2ohio-grant-program-will-helproad-salt-runoff-water-contamination $1 million will be distributed to local municipalities for equipment upgrades to prevent the over-application of salt on roads. Wed, 03 Jan 2024 18:42:24 GMT /2024-01-03/new-h2ohio-grant-program-will-helproad-salt-runoff-water-contamination Adriana Martinez-Smiley /2023-12-06/how-a-settlement-with-chemical-companies-could-help-southeast-ohio-fight-forever-chemicals Dupont, Chemours and Corteva will pay $110 million in a lawsuit settlement over the contamination of the Ohio River. It could help repair decades of environmental damage in the region. Wed, 06 Dec 2023 09:21:00 GMT /2023-12-06/how-a-settlement-with-chemical-companies-could-help-southeast-ohio-fight-forever-chemicals Kendall Crawford /2023-11-30/chemical-firms-to-pay-110-million-to-ohio-to-settle-claims-over-releases-of-forever-chemicals The DuPont Co. and two spin-off firms will pay $110 million to the state of Ohio to settle a lawsuit over environmental threats from toxic chemicals used at a former DuPont facility in neighboring West Virginia, the companies said Wednesday. Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:50:18 GMT /2023-11-30/chemical-firms-to-pay-110-million-to-ohio-to-settle-claims-over-releases-of-forever-chemicals The Associated Press /2023-09-20/can-we-get-rid-of-forever-chemicals-ohio-scientists-research-pfas-destruction PFAS have been found in more than 50 drinking water systems across the state. New research hopes to help Ohio communities address the problem. Wed, 20 Sep 2023 13:17:59 GMT /2023-09-20/can-we-get-rid-of-forever-chemicals-ohio-scientists-research-pfas-destruction Kendall Crawford /npr-news/npr-news/2023-04-20/the-colorado-and-ohio-rivers-are-among-the-most-endangered-in-america-heres-why A new report from the conservation group American Rivers names a stretch of the Colorado River, the Ohio River and eight other rivers as endangered. Thu, 20 Apr 2023 15:57:00 GMT /npr-news/npr-news/2023-04-20/the-colorado-and-ohio-rivers-are-among-the-most-endangered-in-america-heres-why Seyma Bayram /2023-03-29/questions-about-the-testing-and-cleanup-of-streams-after-the-train-derailment The creeks that run through East Palestine, Ohio, are still contaminated with chemicals from the February 3 train derailment. Some residents and researchers are questioning the testing and cleanup of the waterways. Wed, 29 Mar 2023 12:41:22 GMT /2023-03-29/questions-about-the-testing-and-cleanup-of-streams-after-the-train-derailment Julie Grant /2021-04-08/dayton-threatening-to-sue-wright-patterson-over-forever-chemicals-in-water-supply The city of Dayton is threatening to sue Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Department of Defense over forever chemicals in the city's drinking water. Thu, 08 Apr 2021 11:02:05 GMT /2021-04-08/dayton-threatening-to-sue-wright-patterson-over-forever-chemicals-in-water-supply Chris Welter /npr-news/npr-news/2021-03-18/one-of-bidens-biggest-climate-change-challenges-the-oceans Climate change is hitting the oceans hard, both warming and acidifying the water. Ocean scientists are hoping the Biden Administration dives in quickly to address it. Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:06:00 GMT /npr-news/npr-news/2021-03-18/one-of-bidens-biggest-climate-change-challenges-the-oceans Lauren Sommer /news-partners/2020-12-22/big-oil-evaded-regulation-and-plastic-pellets-kept-spilling Oil and gas companies make enough pellets each year to fill a stadium several times over. The oil industry has long known it has a pellet pollution problem, but that's not what it told the public. Tue, 22 Dec 2020 21:05:00 GMT /news-partners/2020-12-22/big-oil-evaded-regulation-and-plastic-pellets-kept-spilling Laura Sullivan /ideastream/2020-10-07/epa-administrator-visits-cleveland-for-update-on-lake-erie-conservation Updated: 2:10 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020 The Ashtabula River is on its way to being removed from a list of areas of concern for environmental degradation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler said Wednesday during a visit to Cleveland for an update on Lake Erie and the surrounding watershed. Wed, 07 Oct 2020 18:21:23 GMT /ideastream/2020-10-07/epa-administrator-visits-cleveland-for-update-on-lake-erie-conservation Taylor Haggerty