Natural gas is displacing coal, which could help fight climate change because burning it produces fewer carbon emissions. But producing […]

Heavy rains following Hurricane Florence has led to the release of toxic materials in North Carolina. A breached dam caused

Ambient air pollution is the largest environmental health problem in the United States and in the world more generally. Fine

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The question of which streams, lakes, wetlands and other water bodies across the U.S. should receive federal protection under the

With cleaner air, nature returning to urban areas and less poaching, it seems that, at least for the time being,

Many governments have used the distraction of the coronavirus pandemic to roll back environmental regulations. Governments have cited both public

More than 2 million miles of natural gas pipelines run throughout the United States. In Appalachia, they spread like spaghetti

A landmark resolution endorsed by 175 states has kickstarted negotiations of a world-first treaty for ending plastic pollution, due to

The UK government recently conceded that the reasons for its 2019 ban on hydraulic fracturing “have not gone away,” and