Summer has officially begun with a blast of scorching temperatures across much of the United States. The National Weather Service is warning of “extremely dangerous heat” baking 160 million people ...

The first tourist season since Hurricane Helene pummeled North Carolina reveals how much the river and livelihoods have ...

Thorny questions about who will pay for global climate action derailed a climate summit in Bonn, Germany, this week.

Chicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic pipes. Replacing them will take decades. The city with the most lead ...

Many of the foams firefighters spray to extinguish blazes contain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. Known as ...

What started out as a necessity during the pandemic has really evolved into an incredible place that brings people together." ...

The small town Plympton, Massachusetts, eliminated 305 tons of garbage a year by making everyone pay for what they toss.

As the market for floatovoltaics explodes, scientists are studying how to make the systems also work for waterbirds and other ...

When you outlaw or discourage the sale of plastic bags, fewer of them end up as litter on beaches.

Experts fear that both budget and staff cuts at the EPA will curtail the necessary air monitoring of wildfire smoke, a public health risk.

Inside the grassroots opposition that fended off a 2,200-acre data center campus in southern Virginia, and why their struggle ...

Thousands of people “are falling through the cracks" because they can't make repairs to qualify for the Weatherization Assistance Program.