The government seeks to plant an additional 100,000 hectares (almost 250,000 acres) in the state of Campeche, half of which is under conservation protection.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says over half of Minnesota lakes, rivers and streams do not meet state pollution standards. Problems include excess mercury, bacteria and other pollutants.
Contaminated soil on 10 acres that are part of scrapyard operations will only be required to be covered with asphalt, a move the environmental group calls a "Band-Aid."
At least a dozen prominent Marshallese musicians have suffered voices damaged from thyroid disorders — a type of illness that increased in the Marshall Islands after residents were exposed to fallout from U.S. nuclear weapons testing.
Leading marine scientists have detailed a litany of "serious deficiencies" by Australia's chemical regulator that have failed to prevent the ongoing pollution of the Great Barrier Reef catchment, where they found excessive levels of several pesticides banned by other countries.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday considered the reach of the Clean Water Act, debating how it applies to pollutants that reach the sea and other protected waters indirectly, through groundwater.
American industry, aided by federal regulators, is conducting a large-scale, consequential experiment with our hormones and the developing brains and reproductive systems of our children.
Jim Inhofe, the Senate's unwavering climate denier, turns 85 on Sunday. I requested a Q&A with him when he turns 100 to see how the "hoax" has turned out.
