Water pollution

A federal judge ruled in favor of environmental groups that sued the Piney Point phosphate plant. Millions of gallons of polluted water flowed into Tampa Bay in 2021.

This year's dead zone is over 6,700 square miles. The average over the past five years is about 4,300. This is an area with low or no oxygen that can kill marine life.

In 2022, the top items collected during the International Coastal Cleanup were cigarette butts, plastic bottles, food wrappers, bottle caps, plastic bags, foam and plastic food containers, paper cups and plates, and plastic straws or stirrers.

The study by the Environmental Integrity Project analyzed biennial pollution reports sent by states to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

A surge of recent development in the drainage basin that empties into the lake has increased its pollution load.

Both the students and city underground utilities determined just a single park fountain was in excess of EPA guidelines.

New research shows pollution in the Gulf of Mexico is coming from a source close to home: our closets. A team of scientists say plastic microfibers in…

Florida plans to go statewide with a water-quality program that lets polluters partially off the hook if they buy credits for extra cleanup others have…

Tomorrow the Florida Department of Environmental Protection holds the first of six meetings to gather public input on proposed surface-water cleanup…

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and 20 other state AGs are asking a federal appeals judge to throw out a ruling letting the federal government enforce…