The ice-melting substance is ubiquitous in many snowy areas. Smart salting is key to minimize its environmental impact ...

Road salt is great for keeping the ground ice-free in the winter, but it's not great for your plants — in fact, the issues it causes can be fatal. Here's how.

A snow plow truck sits at Pittsburgh's salt dome off of Rt. 51 in Beechview. When frigid temperatures and snow hit Pittsburgh, tons of salt are applied to roads, parking lots, driveways and sidewalks.

Porter County will ration road salt after taking delivery of nearly half the salt for the season with three months of winter ...

Road salt can reduce car accidents on icy winter days. But it often doesn't stay on the road and that runoff can harm aquatic ...

When I was a graduate student from Nepal living in New Haven from 2012 to 2014, I kept noticing the same winter aftereffect across town. Along busy streets, the first foot of lawn by the pavement ...

Since then, the initiative has made significant strides in reducing salt runoff, improving road maintenance practices, and ...

Winter road salt helps keep drivers safe, but experts say runoff can threaten Hampton Roads waterways, wetlands, and aquatic life if too much is used.

ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. — Road salt sourced from near and far is helping Buffalo and Erie County get ahead of a shortage that has plagued municipalities across the Northeast this winter. While officials ...

TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND NOT EVERYONE HERE HAS SIGNED OFF. IF YOU DRINK WATER IN MERRIMACK, THERE’S A CHANCE IT’S HIGH IN SALT GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION BY ROAD SALT AFFECTS THE ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC ...

After a weekend of snow and rain, ice melt is sold out at many stores across Connecticut, and one district had to cancel school Tuesday due to a lack of road salt. At Carr Hardware in Avon, manager ...