Government officials across the Midwest face pressure to address high levels of nitrate pollution in water, which researchers have linked to illnesses including cancer, birth defects and thyroid ...

Lawsuit challenges Colorado’s failure to protect water, public health from unchecked factory farm pollution Food & Water Watch and the Center for Biological Diversity have filed an opening brief in ...

Increasing use of nitrogen-based fertilizer over the last half-century is putting Americans' health at risk. Excess nitrate in drinking water increases the risk of cancer, birth defects and thyroid ...

With billions spent, is Iowa's water improving? Farm leaders say yes, but more work is needed. Others want changes — from ...

Owners of a large Addison County dairy farm already found liable for polluting a neighbor’s land want to expand, raising concerns that increased runoff could damage a public water supply and worsen ...

(WLUK/AP) -- A state appeals court upheld a Calumet County judge's ruling that state regulators can force factory farms to obtain permits before they discharge pollutants. Calumet County Judge Carey ...

Runoff from the Vorsteveld Farm in Panton in March, a year after a court order to clean it up Credit: Courtesy of Rob Mann Two environmental groups have followed through with a threat to sue a large ...

Only 49 prosecutions were brought by Northern Ireland’s authorities over slurry spill and other farming-related water pollution incidents in nearly a decade, new figures reveal. Data released under ...

41% of England’s rivers, lakes and streams are currently affected by agricultural pollution, and they will get stronger protection under new proposals to increase oversight on sewage sludge spreading.

New plans aim to support British farmers by improving supply resilience to global market shocks and supporting innovation in the fertiliser sector ...