ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Almost from the moment a converted crabbing boat became a floating strip club off the shore of an Alaska island, it's been beset by legal tangles over safety rules and liquor ...

“The sewer is the conscience of the city. Everything there converges and confronts everything else.” -Victor Hugo, The Intestine of Leviathan With the Paris Olympics in full swing, athletes are being ...

This story was originally published by Investigate Midwest. The cool morning spring breeze hit Saundra Traywick “like a punch to the face.” Walking through her wooded 38-acre donkey farm in central ...

ASHEVILLE - The "Secret Garden of Eden" trio of Airbnbs in Weaverville have over 407 reviews, near five-star ratings and mainly use composting toilets —an alternate form of waste disposal. Yet, ...

Have you ever wondered what goes into making it possible to use the restroom at 30,000 feet (10,000 m)? [Jason Torchinsky] at the Autopian recently gave us an interesting look at the history of the ...

ASHEVILLE - After suing a Weaverville couple for repeatedly dumping human waste from the "Secret Garden of Eden" trio of short-term rentals, Buncombe County won summary judgment in the case June 26, ...

Sewage pollution in the Thames has been a problem for centuries. A new art installation at Science Gallery London explores the history, engineering, geography and science of human waste in the river.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is investigating how loads containing infectious human and animal waste ended up at the Ramsey/Washington Recycling and Energy Center in Newport. Employees at ...