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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation fired an employee after he reportedly refused to follow a directive meant to control his communications with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The drying of the Great Salt Lake is now releasing toxic dust into the air that Utahns breathe every single day.

Tijuana River pollution has caused asthma, stomach illness and other ailments for decades. Now officials are floating a billion dollar plan to clean it up.

Plastic-free, ethical leather alternatives that perform like the real thing are hard to make. Researchers may have cracked the code to produce such materials on large scale.

This time, the Defense Department is telling lawmakers ahead of time that it plans to push back the forever chemical cleanup timelines.

Wisconsin-based cheese company Sargento is hoping to update the processed classic to reflect how consumers are eating today.

The Front Range has struggled for years to keep ozone pollution within federally recommend limits.

As data centers multiply to meet AI demand, they're straining power grids, draining water supplies, and reshaping the land and air around them.

We now know harmful “forever chemicals” are likely in the bodies of most people on earth. Decades ago, 3M knew that these chemicals had seeped into the public’s blood, but they kept that a secret.

Industry groups are pushing hard to kill California’s plastic law. So far, they’ve whiffed.

Forget the fight over its name. The Great Lake is being threatened by pollution, development, and decades of neglect.

As California restricts watering nonfunctional turf, communities must weigh artificial grass against greener alternatives.

DNP, found to be in the supplements, is commonly used as a pesticide, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns.

From intense psychological trauma to exposure to neurotoxic dust, first responders at ground zero continue to confront significant physical and mental health risks.

One way or another, Iowa is about to elect a governor who faults industrial agriculture for the state’s high cancer rates.

The plastics industry is offering schools curricula that cast plastics as safe, recyclable, and a source of good jobs.

Electric cars are cleaner to drive — but their tires pose a pollution problem. Better materials could help fix the problem.

The U.S — Israeli war on Iran has caused massive environmental devastation, adding to the long history of American wars with toxic legacies.

When EU parliament members have financial ties to agriculture, environmental laws may take a hit, according to a new study.

New research has revealed single-use takeaway coffee cups are releasing millions of microplastic particles into every serving via the plastic lining inside of them.