Even though BP’s busted well has stopped spewing oil, the disaster is still generating tons of soiled boom and other oily waste that federal and state laws allow to be buried at specially designated dumps, some near residential neighborhoods.

Official…

Sold on a promise of cheap, clean electricity, dozens of communities in Illinois and eight other Midwest states instead are facing more expensive utility bills after bankrolling a new coal-fired power plant that will be one of the nation’s largest sour…

It’s certainly a stretch to describe the Los Angeles River we all know as “traditionally navigable.” But the Environmental Protection Agency’s welcome designation, which is essential to the river’s restoration, overturns previous decisions that made fa…

What a relief it will be when the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico gets plugged, ending the colossal mess caused by gushing crude.

Or will it?

Once the spill stops, oil will resume flowing as it always has, to be burned in engines, released to the sky …

The common council on Tuesday is expected to decide whether to hire a consultant to help the city determine how to approach the cleanup of a contaminated property that was once a municipal dumping ground.

The council will vote on a proposal to pay…

Vista View Park has come a long way since serving as a landfill for more than 20 years, up until 1987.

It opened as a park in 2003, and playgrounds, recreation trails, picnic shelters and a fishing pier are some of the amenities at the site, at 4001 S…

Oliver Stone is at it again. His new documentary, “South of the Border,” blames the ills of the Western Hemisphere on the United States, global capitalism and corporate media. It’s a tired line, but one that will fuel the debate about whether Latin…

The mountain of trash was enough to stop visitors in their tracks: wood and concrete, stacks of rotting tires, rusted auto parts, tin cans, and several cracked boat hulls stuck in the mud.

Inspectors with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency s…