Environment

The Ohio River Basin is home to about 10% of the U.S. population. But unlike other major watersheds, it doesn’t have a dedicated EPA office. Proposed federal legislation could change that.

The fashion industry creates a lot of pollution. Some Ohio college students are reducing their carbon footprint with clothing swaps.

Local parks in Cincinnati have been using an ingredient called biochar to help trees grow. They’ve been purchasing it from out of state, but soon, the city will be making its own.

The annual festival attracts around 80,000 visitors to Northwest Ohio each spring to witness the warbler migration.

Melody Lin took home second prize at the National 4-H in Agriculture Challenge for her project assessing spotted lanternfly risk in different areas of Ohio.

More than two decades ago, scientists started transforming the site of a uranium processing facility into a nature preserve. Now, their work is paying off.

In Washington County, local officials have passed resolutions in an attempt to protect drinking water from fracking waste. State officials haven’t taken heed.

Washington County in southeast Ohio has more injection wells storing wastewater from oil and gas drilling than the entire state of Pennsylvania.

Environmental advocates are challenging the legality of the state’s decision to roll back tools Ohioans have used for decades to fight air pollution.

In an iconic Thanksgiving episode of “WKRP in Cincinnati”, a failed turkey drop makes the news. But it may have (slightly) underestimated the large birds’ flying abilities.