Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Candy wrappers. Cigarette butts. Chip bags. The litter you see on the side of the street doesn’t just present a public nuisance ...

The state’s environmental agency has the authority to investigate and issue fines for illegal spills, but lacks sufficient staff and resources.

Colleen O’Neil, of the Mountain Watershed Association, fixes a crooked sign posted near a landfill's discharge pipe that flows into Sewickley Creek in Yukon, Pa. This article originally appeared on ...

The most comprehensive global environment assessment ever undertaken calls for a new approach to jointly tackle the most pressing environmental issues including climate change and biodiversity loss ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a clarification in response to an investigative report published by the Associated Press in collaboration with The Gecko Project concerning alleged ...

John MacFarlane believes residents have too long dealt with various forms of pollution in underserved neighborhoods, particularly in the east Fort Worth and Northside communities. These areas of the ...

Houston — Donna Thomas is a pollution warrior in Houston, Texas. She wears a mask because she believes a lifetime of breathing polluted air in her community contributed to a stroke four years ago.

Fears of exposure to radiation from the Hunters Point Shipyard prompted the Department of Public Health to open the clinic.

India launches a centralised Environmental Protection Fund to track pollution penalties and ensure transparent use ...