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A New Bedford cold storage company has paid nearly $200,000 to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to settle claims that it violated federal safety laws relating to handling hazardous chemicals — namely, ammonia.

New Bedford tire recycling facilities are coming under increased scrutiny, after one facility that has seen multiple fires and workplace violations in recent years is being fined $16,000 by MassDEP.

The Dartmouth health board is once again warning residents to stay out of Clark's Cove waters, after a sewer water discharge took place on Monday — the second in two weeks.

The Dartmouth Board of Health warned residents on Wednesday to stay out of Clark's Cove waters for the next 48 hours, as untreated wastewater was discharged into the cove during Tuesday's rainstorm.

The 40-year project to clean New Bedford harbor of cancer-causing chemicals is on track to wrap up in the next three years, after officials announced Tuesday a $73 million injection thanks to the federal infrastructure bill.

Yesterday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the approval of the final Clean Air Act for a windfarm project by South Fork Wind LLC.

The EPA is running out of patience as New Bedford drags its feet over restarting the federally mandated upgrades to the water and wastewater infrastructure.

Inaction by the New Bedford City Council has resulted in a missed opportunity to receive millions in state funding to upgrade the city's water infrastructure.

Microscopic air pollutants pose the largest environmental health risk factor in the country, the lawsuit states.

A million cubic yards of PCB-laden sediment has been removed from New Bedford harbor, and a former staging area has been handed over to the city.