A new study warns that water systems for numerous schools and day care centers in 18 states may have been contaminated by toxic chemicals produced at nearby chemical plants.
Green groups are expressing full-throated support for demonstrators protesting the killing of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis police custody - even as they struggle with their own long-standing issues with addressing racial inequality and a lack of diversity in their ranks.
As many Washingtonians are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day from within their own homes during the COVID-19 pandemic , new research is indicating that air pollution in several cities has reached all-time highs.
Coming of age in the time of climate change, teenagers like Maddie have become foot soldiers of a new environmental movement, with 17-year-old Greta Thunberg as their standard-bearer.
The House Oversight Committee is investigating the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus, citing ProPublica's reporting that problems with the government's lab tests may have hampered officials' ability to contain the disease.
Democrats on Wednesday unveiled a long-awaited environmental justice bill, a novel collaborative effort between lawmakers and local groups that have long been ignored on Capitol Hill.
Climate legislation from Energy and Commerce Democrats would not price carbon, a surprising absence. The party's environmental allies say the measure is lackluster at best.
One of the country's most conservative congressional districts could send a solar entrepreneur and clean energy advocate to the House in a special election today.
The head of the main U.S. mine workers' union has invited all of the Democratic presidential candidates to visit its "turf" to demonstrate that the party still represents the working class.
The Trump EPA rule, replacing the Obama EPA's Clean Power Plan, combines a Clean Power Plan repeal with new, less stringent emissions reductions guidelines.
U.S. solar and wind power companies may have the most to gain from the Green New Deal, an ambitious proposal backed by several Democratic presidential candidates to end U.S. fossil fuel consumption within a decade.
COVID-19 has all of us cleaning more—but the products designed to kill viruses and bacteria can have dangerous health impacts. Here's how to scrub safely.
Researchers say that more microplastics pollution is getting into farm soil than oceans—and these tiny bits are showing up in our fruits, veggies, and bodies.
