Stretching from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico, a massive bloom of sargassum seaweed is swamping beaches and killing coastal wildlife. But scientists have discovered the floating algae also shelters a vast array of ocean creatures, and some are now calling for its protection. 

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.  

Wildfires across Borneo and Sumatra are raising health risks for local populations, with some health offices reporting rising rates of respiratory disease.

Environmental quality is a personal health issue. And it should shape how physicians, communities, and policymakers respond.

The Trump administration is reshaping regulations to make data centers — and the fossil-fuel power fueling them — easier to build. Critics say the changes could increase pollution and reduce public input.

Colorado air pollution regulators are drafting tougher limits for Suncor in Commerce City, the state’s only oil refinery and a frequent emissions violator.

Thousands of water systems nationwide still have not accounted for potentially dangerous lead pipes supplying homes and businesses with drinking water.

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

Chemours , DuPont, and Corteva on Thursday reached a $455 million settlement with North Carolina and 11 local entities over PFAS contamination claims tied to Chemours' Fayetteville Works plant and other historical discharges.

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.

We tested 21 popular kids' snacks and discovered some options parents may want to limit, and some options that are lower in harmful chemicals than others.

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.

Greenland ice reveals a surprising shift in industrial pollution after 1990 that could help explain recent Arctic warming.

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

Mexico City’s air is getting cleaner, but ozone levels near the ground aren’t decreasing as fast as expected. Climate change is partly to blame.