The caustic waste that leaked from the barrels created an extreme environment similar to that of hydrothermal vents, colonized by specialized bacteria that thrive in such harsh conditions. Reading ...

Over fifty years ago, thousands of steel drums containing industrial waste were dumped off the coast of Southern California by chemical companies. The barrels, which are peppered across 14 sites along ...

In a downtown Tacoma parking lot behind a statue of a woman holding the city’s skyline in her hands sits an unusual sight. Since at least Sunday, 15 black barrels with neon-yellow toxic-waste symbols ...

It's no secret that bad actors dump pollutants into our oceans, and this has been happening for decades. But when the LA Times reported several hotspots discovered as recently as 2020, it was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Workers from the Environmental Protection Agency and O.H. Material yesterday moved barrels containing toxic chemicals at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The owner of a now-defunct Ventura County dry cleaning operation has been ordered to pay more than $30,000 for dumping 110 gallons ...

TULSA, Okla. — Staff with the United States Environmental Protection Agency discovered 109 barrels near North MLK Boulevard and East 43rd Street in September of 2024. According to their website, 67 of ...

Environmental consultants this summer will be digging trenches and taking soil samples in this city’s Jefferson Memorial Forest, looking to document new evidence of toxic waste dumped there decades ...