mercury

A new study reveals snow in the Rocky Mountains is contaminated with mercury and other metals, and that pollution has historic causes.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) and Wyoming Department of Health have updated the recommendation for how much fish someone can safely eat that is caught in Wyoming waters. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), most fish contain mercury and too much can be harmful to one’s nervous systems, especially to young children, those who are pregnant and breastfeeding mothers.

The latest attempt to block a federal rule addressing mercury pollution from power plants has failed.The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards target mercury…

Today the US Supreme Court ruled against the Environmental Protection Agency in a suit that challenged one of the Obama administrations most ambitious…

The nation's coal- and oil-fired power plants, will be forced to reduce their emissions orshut down, under a federal regulation released by the…