PITTSBURGH—Last month, Pennsylvania took a major step toward joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a program that limits c...

Intercept reporter Sharon Lerner interviews the whistleblowers who provided key evidence substantiating the fact that corruption continues at hig...

When industry wants a chemical safety assessment done yesterday, EPA managers classify it as “hair on fire." And they frequently overr...

Despite Bayer AG's efforts to put an end to costly litigation inherited in its acquisition of Monsanto, opening statements in yet another tr...

The D.C. government is preparing to build a sprawling school-bus terminal in the historically Black enclave of Brentwood, where residents have lo...

On Aug. 4, 2014, a dam holding contaminated waste failed, causing one of the worst mining disasters in Canadian history. Despite repeated promise...

Record extreme weather in the U.S., Brazil, China and elsewhere is impacting food production this year, with the future expected to be far worse....

A new Oceana Canada study says that means some people are paying more for lower-quality seafood and some restaurants and grocery stores are being...

Following an open-water test event in mid-2019, one competitor told reporters the bay "smelled like a toilet."

It's now illegal to apply sunscreen containing harmful substances at all national marine parks in Thailand.

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EPA said it won't end aerial spraying of the herbicide paraquat, reversing a restriction the agency recommended during the Trump administrat...

Personal care products can generate half or more of the volatile organic compounds -- a primary ingredient in forming ground-level ozone -- in an...

Foraging has opened their eyes not just to the possibilities of new food sources, but to the legacy of land separation.

Canadian officials are siding with Enbridge to keep pipeline running despite Michigan's claims it is unsafe.

A breakthrough report has mapped out all the raids carried out to rescue people working in slave-labor conditions in mines across Brazil since 20...

Thousands of people – including children and infants attending two day care facilities at the former Pease Air Force Base – were expo...

Water recycling in office buildings is seen as a promising sustainability effort, as well as a smart hedge against rising costs and future shorta...

In its latest bid to tackle Peshawar's toxic smog problem, the provincial government has devoted 670 million rupees (about $4.1 million) to ...

Last year the fertilizer industry won approval to use the byproduct. But now the Environmental Protection Agency is under new management.

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One year ago an explosion decimated Beirut. Today, the city is picking up the pieces -- and using them to rebuild.

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The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday created a fast-track to disability compensation for certain veterans who developed asthma, rhinitis ...

Competition over dwindling fish stocks has led to violent confrontations around the world. Hawaii longliners are feeling the effects.

In the eyes of experts, environmental activists and Indigenous communities, Quebec's Forest Ministry appears more interested in safeguarding...

Getting vehicles off the road may do wonders for smog, but there's more to air pollution than that.

Jordan's per capita water supply will be halved by the end of the century due to dwindling water supplies and a growing population, accordin...

At stake is Europe's valuable pig farms and exports.