Factors such as erosion, dehydration and soil compaction are jeopardizing food supplies for broad swaths of the world's ...

Massive wildfires are raging around the world during unprecedented heat waves, blanketing millions of people under pungent ...

Pesticide pollution is a problem especially in the middle of the country. And sometimes there's enough of it to possibly hurt ...

Sangamon County’s average residential electricity bill has increased by more than 52% in the past five years when comparing seasonal data, according to a database constructed by Heatmap News and the ...

TOXIC ZONE In this photo released by Navotas Mayor John Rey Tiangco, smoke rises from the city’s landfill on May 5, about a month after a fire on April 10 spread in more than half of its estimated ...

What does air pollution do to your body? Who is most at risk? What can you do about it? What even is air pollution? Pulmonologist Marc Sala, MD and associate professor at Northwestern Medicine, is ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by ...

Mercury naturally occurs in soil and can accumulate in high concentrations because of various human activities. In order to further explore the effect of long-term mercury contamination of soil near a ...

Melanie Malone led a research project to identify and study contamination sites in Washington State. Then the E.P.A. canceled her grant. Credit...Meron Tekie Menghistab for The New York Times ...

In Hawaii, researchers are literally paving the roads with good intentions. They have come up with an innovative method for putting the island’s plastic pollution to work, covering its roads with ...

Ever since Ronald Reagan was president, the Environmental Protection Agency has assigned a value to human life. If you think too long about it, it’s a bit crass, but the upshot was to provide some ...

We are exposed to air pollution daily. When we step outside, we inhale pollutants from particulate matter (such as smoke or dust), burning fossil fuels, wildfires and more. For Lung Cancer Awareness ...