Residents and environmental activists are renewing a push to reverse the approval last year of a major chemical complex owned by an affiliate of Formosa Plastics.
Researchers are concerned that huge pulses of carbon emissions from devastating wildfires could overwhelm natural reservoirs that store carbon dioxide.
Environmental Working Group, said the Bergen County sampling site had the fourth-highest total PFAS level in the U.S. when it took samples in August 2019.
Prior to founding Galway Green Labs, Dr Una FitzGerald found she was contributing to the disposal of large volumes of laboratory plastics on a daily basis.
Initial testing at the property of a man who owns the Madison Heights site where toxic green "ooze" emerged on Interstate 696 last month does not show contaminants from that operation, state officials announced Wednesday.
A new study involving Bronx kids found that elevated exposure to stress and air pollution had negative effects on childrens' mental health, researchers said.
New research ranks every neighborhood in the US on measures that contribute to a child's healthy development, such as education, environment and healthcare.
In Amsterdam, the Great Bubble Barrier is a simple solution to plastic pollution: creating an invisible barrier that helps collect the trash that ends up in the water.
A lawsuit filed Wednesday seeks to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take action to reduce air pollution in the smoggy areas of 11 states where air quality has fallen below federal standards.
Federal and state authorities reached a $3.5 million settlement with a Colorado energy company to resolve alleged violations of air quality laws, officials said.
The contamination of US drinking water with manmade "forever chemicals" is far worse than previously estimated with some of the highest levels found in Miami, Philadelphia and New Orleans, said a report on Wednesday by an environmental watchdog group.
Oil-and-gas wells produce nearly a trillion gallons of toxic waste a year. An investigation shows how it could be making workers sick and contaminating communities across America.
Allegheny County reckons with new challenges and questions about priorities after a decade of improving air quality ended in one of the worst pollution episodes in recent memory.
This melting, which could release vast amounts of greenhouse gases, is already changing the Arctic landscape by causing landslides, draining lakes, and altering vegetation.
The new virus has killed at least nine and infected more than 400 people in China, with confirmed cases in the United States, Taiwan, Thailand, Japan and South Korea.
According to the latest Menino Survey of Mayors, climate change and traffic safety are seen as urgent urban issues. But many city leaders are not eager to make big changes.
