For years, Perdue Agribusiness has been embroiled lawsuits over claims it polluted local groundwater with PFAS, the cancer-causing "forever chemical." So neighbors were skeptical when Perdue asked to increase the treated wastewater it pours in a local stream.

Former federal environmental officials are sounding an alarm in a new report about potential health impacts from data center pollution amidst what they see as a breakdown in oversight. 

North Carolina has secured $455 million in payments from Chemours, DuPont and Corteva over PFAS pollution, along with a separate $135 million reserve intended to protect future drinking water and cleanup work.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) worked directly with pesticide maker Bayer in approving the controversial herbicide dicamba earlier this year, presenting the company with different options for how to reduce drift and runoff and then aligning on those options in the final decision, according to internal agency records.  

Democracts and Republicans scramble to denounce the facilities as outcry against them grows.

An ambitious bill to keep toxic “forever chemicals” off California produce lost its teeth after the chemical and agricultural industries spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying against it.

The Pentagon has again postponed PFAS cleanups at hundreds of military sites, in some cases by up to 19 years, prompting bipartisan anger in the U.S. Congress.

Simply owning an air conditioner isn’t enough for residents who can’t afford to use them.

A coalition of state attorneys general filed a pair of lawsuits this week challenging the Trump administration’s rollbacks of protections for endangered species.

Emissions of planet-heating methane and CO2 from natural sources are worsening the climate crisis, paper says

Summer heat is becoming more deadly for the elderly in South Texas with record-breaking temperatures and rising costs for electricity.

Across several states, a quiet chemical industry campaign is making it harder to hold air polluters accountable.

Mercury is a heavy metal used in illegal gold mining, a violent, highly profitable illicit activity that is currently booming.

Two smoke-damage bills awaiting the governor’s signature address a longstanding issue brought to the fore by the Los Angeles County fires: when is it safe for wildfire survivors to move back into their homes?

The number of victims receiving aid has tripled in recent years, a Post analysis finds, as the illness’s toll becomes more apparent.

A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis.

Eider ducks and bald eagles that nest in and around Harpswell have high levels of PFAS chemicals following an August 2024 spill of firefighting foam on the former Brunswick Naval Air Station.

Scientific evidence has never been stronger. Why aren’t more people making the link?

Experts say President Trump’s rollback of climate policy is leaving consumers more vulnerable to price shocks and pollution.

Appeals court dismisses lawsuit from Jackson residents claiming that tainted drinking water violated their rights.