In the 1970s, acid rain ... yourself from polluted rain Avoid drinking untreated rainwater and eating snow, no matter how pristine it looks! If you can afford to filter your water, you should.

A new threat is here, and scientists say there's no way to stop it, as even remote parts of the world are seeing microplastic ...

The United States may once again experience episodes of acid rain as a result of Donald Trump’s recent decisions to weaken ...

In 1990, the Clean Air Act was updated by Congress to eliminate acid rain by reducing power plant pollution. Unfortunately, ...

As pollution and sulfuric acid choked North American skies in the 1970s and 80s, a bipartisan, transnational agreement spearheaded by the Environmental Protection Agency combatted acid rain ...

President Trump's EPA administrator aims to roll back environmental protections in an effort to reduce the agency's spending.

Gene Likens, the scientist who discovered acid rain, warns that Trump administration's pollution protection rollbacks could ...

nutrient pollution and poor visibility. Acid rain harms plants and wildlife by altering the pH levels of soils and water bodies — for example, acidification of aquatic ecosystems harms endangered ...

Water pollution in the San Francisco Bay area.Belinda Rain/EPA By the 1970s ... as a "'dead sea,'" The New York Times reported. Acid waste lightens the water here. It was also dumped in the ...