The Charles River, despite past improvements, has stalled in its progress toward becoming consistently swimmable. Polluted ...

The sun had long since set over the Charles River last July 4, and hundreds of people sat along the shore. A barge floated down-stream and stopped just beyond the Longfellow Bridge; from the ...

Although this EPA action involves only the Charles River, stormwater pollution and toxic algae blooms affect many other rivers and lakes throughout the region.

The Charles River, once known for alarming pollution levels, is looking pretty good these days, according to a new report card published by the EPA and the Charles River Watershed Association Monday.

That Pollution In Context. Over the last 30 years, the Charles’ water quality has improved dramatically. The MWRA has helped reduce sewage discharges into the river and the EPA has led other ...

Jeremy Siegel: So, Edgar, the Charles River — much maligned. But as we come upon Earth Day 2023, I mean, how dirty is the Charles? Edgar B. Herwick III: It's less dirty than it was in the '50s, which ...

The river’s revival began in the 1980s when conservationists and the EPA joined forces to sue the state of Massachusetts over the levels of wastewater pollution in the Charles.

Prior to 1988, 1.7 billion gallons per year of bacteria-filled discharge was released into the Charles River, down to 20 million gallons in 2014. Faber said it's only getting safer.

Will Spangenberg, 26, has more love for the Charles, which flows through his hometown of Dover. Now a Beacon Hill resident, he visits the river three or four times a week to sail, paddle board, or ...

NAIOP Massachusetts had claimed that the mandate the environmental advocates sought would have cost Boston-area businesses more than $1 billion to implement.

The landmark US-Chinese agreement pledging to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions was hashed out over a lunch in Boston Harbor, and the Charles River’s pollution inspired the deal.