Key officials involved in the cleanup of a massive sewage spill in the Potomac River testified Wednesday at a congressional hearing that they quickly responded after a pipe burst in January and that public health was never at risk.

"It's a project that we're really perfect for addressing in coordination with our sponsors and the other agencies here," said Mike Records.

According to a union survey, 43% of regional employees living in New York City and Long Island would leave the Army Corps of Engineers over a longer commute.

“The focus is on helping the applicant get to 'yes' by making sure the proposal complies with the law, allows for reasonable development," Jay Townsend said.

The companies will be “responsible for financing, building, operating, maintaining and decommissioning the data centers...at no upfront costs to taxpayers."

Reporting supported by the Water Desk at the University of Colorado, Boulder. BROWNSVILLE, Texas—An experiment unfolding at the southernmost tip of this state could irrevocably change the iconic Rio Grande and the communities it sustains. Contractors are installing a 17-mile stretch of cylindrical buoys in the river to prevent illegal crossings from Mexico. These are […]

The cleanup of the massive sewage spill in the Cabin John area of Montgomery County needs to be much broader than what the owner of the ruptured pipe has proposed, environmental groups say.

D.C. health officials are lifting a recreational advisory on the Potomac River, citing an improvement in water quality after a sewage line collapse in January that spewed tens of millions of gallons of untreated sewage into the river.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can’t dredge 28 miles of the Wilmington Harbor as planned, after North Carolina environmental regulators determined the billion-dollar proposal would be inconsistent with the state’s coastal management policies. Tancred Miller, director of the Division of Coastal Management (DCM), sent a letter Feb. 24 to the Corps that listed reasons […]