At a Massachusetts lab, pebble-sized pellets are transformed into forks and films that won’t leave microplastics in the environment.

The hearing exposed wounds around the legacy of uranium mining on Navajo communities, as well as fresh concerns about in situ recovery.

As extreme weather becomes more common and disruptive, the effects can impair relationships, interrupt routines and communication, and damage gathering places and the foundations of community traditions.

The tech giant is investing in the natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, even as it pledges to honor climate commitments.

In Nebraska, Blackshirt Feeders LP is building the country’s largest feedlot for 200,000 beef cattle on a square-mile slab of concrete.

A key zone of the Pacific Ocean is already at record warmth. See how rising sea temperatures could impact global weather.

Sewer sludge, called biosolids, is used as inexpensive fertilizer on Indiana's farms, but PFAS contamination is not tracked in Indiana.

A $2 billion lawsuit for defense base contamination against the U.S. chemical manufacturer is heard in court for the first time.

Republicans on Thursday voted down a proposed amendment to the Farm Bill that would have protected consumer rights to sue pesticide manufacturers over alleged harm after the U.S. Supreme Court recently narrowed those rights.

A late entrant in the race to unseat Senator Susan Collins, the Democratic Senate hopeful blends a progressive streak with roots in the timber industry.

As regulations have reduced prenatal exposure to harmful emissions from vehicles and industry in recent years, smoke from climate-fueled wildfires is erasing air quality gains.

Just 14 percent of England's rivers, lakes, and coastal waters are in good ecological health.

Since April, the Defense Department has halted all military reviews for wind projects, stalling dozens of projects nationwide.

The Earth has not given up. Neither can we.

Paraquat is banned in over 70 countries. Some farmers and their families in Hebron, New York believe the pesticide is causing Parkinson’s disease and are demanding that New York ban it.

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

A zero-waste shop set up by a district council provides plastic-free products at affordable prices in a country that gets through 164 million sachets a day.

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.

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.