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Goodwill stores have a message: Please stop donating trash

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Broken furniture. Flashlights with leaking batteries. Disfigured Barbie dolls. Across the...

EPA sets grants to restore ‘brownfields’ at blighted sites

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WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday announced more than $66 million in grants to 151 communities nationwide to assess and clean up...

South Dakota pitcher’s prosthetic arm found at recycler

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A college baseball player from South Dakota whose prosthetic arm was stolen from his vehicle got it back Tuesday after...

Mayor: Sewage lagoon embankment seeping, residents warned

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SMITHLAND, Ky. — A sewage lagoon above a small western Kentucky city is seeping through its embankment and is likely to fail, prompting the...

US: Nuclear waste tank in Washington state may be leaking

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SPOKANE, Wash. — An underground nuclear waste storage tank in Washington state that dates to World War II appears to be leaking contaminated liquid...

Water bill may open spigot for Biden infrastructure plan

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WASHINGTON — Rarely has a routine water resources bill generated so much political buzz, but as senators hoisted the measure to passage Thursday the...

Ukraine opens new nuclear waste site at Chernobyl

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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine's president on Monday unveiled a new nuclear waste repository at Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster that...

Astronauts flying reused SpaceX rocket, capsule for 1st time

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For the first time, NASA is putting its trust in a recycled SpaceX rocket and capsule for a crew. ...

Florida to close wastewater reservoir with leak history

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida is moving to permanently close the leaky Piney Point wastewater reservoir that poured millions of gallons of water into...

Leak at wastewater pond prompts evacuations in Florida

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BRADENTON, Fla. — Officials in Florida were evacuating homes and a highway Saturday near a large reservoir of wastewater because of a significant leak...