Pollution

The states have collectively registered 3.3 million new electric vehicles in the last 12 years, fulfilling a 2013 agreement to do so by 2025.

Well owners are on their own to fund solutions while regulators probe accusations against a mining company.

A closed landfill just outside Pasco, Washington, is leaking harmful chemicals into the groundwater. However, regulators say the leak seems to be slowing down, and it won’t harm drinking water. 

The Heritage Foundation’s blueprint proposes reclassifying radioactive waste as something less dangerous so it can be disposed of more cheaply.

The government in Lahore has closed schools and public spaces and shut down factories. Environmental lawyer Ahmad Rafay Alam shares his perspective: "frustrated" but still fighting.

Plans for cleanup of the Hanford nuclear reservation’s 56 million gallons of radioactive waste near Richland, WA are moving slowly forward. A public comment period for the latest plan ended this summer.

A dozen projects slated to be built in the next five years could encourage more renewable energy development and lower costs, according to a report.

The Southwest Clean Air Agency and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued air quality alerts due to smoke and ozone pollution reaching unhealthy levels.

The Oregon Health Authority has released maps that highlight nitrate contamination in Morrow and Umatilla counties.

Environmental groups have been pulling out mounds of garbage out of the Willamette River from Eugene through Portland. They say it's coming from riverside homeless encampments. Homeless advocates say urban camp removals are pushing them there.