A former EPA chemist recounts agency reluctance to respond to risks seen with pesticides.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Chemours announced they’d reached a $450 million settlement last month.

Alexandra Fasulo says she’s protecting farms and wildlife. How much of her rhetoric is actually true?

Landmark fundraising deals by two of Africa’s largest off-grid solar companies are raising hopes that private capital markets could become a major source of funding to help bring electricity to millions of homes lacking access to reliable power.

The project is under investigation for allegedly beginning construction before obtaining required air permits as regulators consider whether privately operated power plants can legally serve data centers.

Cincinnati wants to take in people fleeing climate disasters.

Arizona, California, and Nevada will be required to curb their use of the water from the river by about 20 percent over the next two years, according to three officials.

Hundreds of bases are contaminated with PFAS, which are linked to low birth weight and other risks. Politicians from both parties are demanding explanations.

The New Lede managing editor Brian Bienkowski spoke with Keith Schneider, a senior editor and chief correspondent at Circle of Blue, about how severe water contamination from crop and livestock production and rising high rates of cancer have become key election year issues in Iowa.

Trump's order keeping an Orlando coal plant online renews environmental justice concerns over who pays AI's pollution bill.

A proposed expansion of an Elk Valley Resources’ coal mine in southeast British Columbia is moving through the environmental assessment process despite concerns over pollution.

Rows of black and white plastic weed mats are giving vegetable seedlings their best start in life. But disposing of them has become a logistical and cost burden.

The Trump admin is propping up the aging coal fleet despite the financial and environmental costs — and also making far-fetched plans to build new coal plants.

Scientists say climate change is heating the Mediterranean Sea, inviting invasive fish species that harm native populations.

I didn’t want to have to depend on a weather app to know when the storms are coming.

Civil servants face being sanctioned if they fail to use the preferred name or gender of a transgender colleague, leaked Whitehall guidance has revealed.

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These e-readers are more useful in their old age than you might think.

These e-readers are more useful in their old age than you might think.

After criticism from a federal judge, the Department of Justice yesterday withdrew demands for phone records and grand jury testimony from New York Times reporters who wrote about security concerns related to the Air Force One jet donated to Trump by Qatar.

It was a setback in the Trump administration's attempts to unmask journalists' confidential sources. US District Judge Arun Subramanian "grilled Justice Department lawyers for nearly an hour over their handling of the subpoenas" during a hearing on Thursday, The New York Times wrote.

“Either we can quash the subpoenas, or you could withdraw the subpoenas,” Subramanian reportedly told Sean Buckley, chief counsel for the US attorney in New York's southern district.

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