We need the North Carolina General Assembly to step up and protect their constituents as the EPA rolls out its stated plans to eliminate nationwide drinking water standards for PFAS, a known human health risk.
Companies that manufacture, use, or transport nurdles must report spills and will be required to develop plans to limit them in storm runoff.
As Trump’s agencies shrink, narrow their role, and reduce enforcement, politically connected Energy Transfer is steering a slow cleanup of fuel it spilled into drinking water near the Delaware River.
One year after negotiations for a global plastics treaty collapsed in Geneva, a new document has been released to revive the process.
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.
India's Andhra Pradesh state, governed by an ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has denied allegations that the Google project was fast-tracked without weighing risks.
A chemical company has been leaking “black material” into a Durham, North Carolina waterway for years; a new court order hopes to hold them accountable.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Chemours announced they’d reached a $450 million settlement last month.
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.
Philly’s tap water meets federal drinking water standards but falls far short of public health goals when it comes to cancer-causing chemicals.
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.
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.
More than a month after Venezuela's devastating earthquakes, public health experts say the coming weeks are critical to prevent secondary crises from contaminants.
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.
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