LEE — Rail transport of toxic PCB material excavated from the Housatonic River cleanup has not been ruled out. That’s the word from the Environmental Protection Agency, just days before General ...

The report by Weston & Sampson, posted on the town website on Tuesday, recommends hydraulic dredging and transport of dewatered and treated PCB-tainted sediment from the Housatonic River between ...

What can studying dead hedgehogs tell us about the state of the environment? Quite a lot, it turns out, as researchers in Sweden have uncovered “surprising” results from their efforts. Taking samples ...

Researchers on a deep-sea expedition have found PCB in sediment samples from the more than 8,000-meter-deep Atacama Trench in the Pacific Ocean. PCB has been banned in most countries since the 1970s, ...

The town of Lee, Massachusetts, is suing General Electric, Monsanto and other firms for damages stemming from pollution of the Housatonic River. Monsanto manufactured PCBs that GE used in its plant ...

General Electric presented its plan to transport toxic chemicals it polluted into the Housatonic River over the 20 th century to Berkshire County residents at a tense public meeting in Lee, ...

A group of citizens fighting a toxic waste disposal site in Lee, Massachusetts, said the state Department of Environmental Protection is charging too much to fulfill a public records request. One ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) — Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced Tuesday that he and his team has secured an $80 million settlement agreement with Monsanto Co. This settlement addresses the ...