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Dozens of carbon capture and storage projects are moving toward approval across the United States, fueled by billions of dollars in federal tax credits, but facing growing opposition from residents in small towns where the projects are…
2026-07-12 · 3 MIN READThe owner of a long-shuttered aluminum plant in Columbia Falls, Montana, has agreed to pay $57.6 million to clean up pollution associated with decades of smelting under a deal with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the agency…
2026-07-10 · 3 MIN READNew York Attorney General Letitia James sued 3M, DuPont, Chemours, and Corteva on Thursday, alleging the companies knowingly sold harmful so-called forever chemicals used in cosmetics, non-stick cookware and other products. The lawsuit,…
2026-07-09 · 3 MIN READThe Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities permanently revoked Meta's authority to discharge wastewater into city treatment facilities after water from the company's Project Cosmo data center tested positive for the rare bacterium Cupriavidus…
2026-07-08 · 3 MIN READA new peer-reviewed study from researchers at Mount Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine has found that exposure to fine particulate matter air pollution (PM2.5) may contribute to childhood obesity by disrupting children's impulse control. The…
2026-07-06 · 4 MIN READMore than 10 months after Nippon Steel acquired U.S. Steel for $14.9bn, the company has announced no plans to develop clean-fuel production at its three steel plants in Pennsylvania's Mon Valley region, residents and advocates say, even as…
2026-07-02 · 4 MIN READA fleet of nearly 400 Chinese fishing vessels is operating off Peru's southern coast and moving north toward the Galápagos Islands, raising concerns among researchers and conservation groups about overfishing, pollution and possible…
2026-07-01 · 3 MIN READA new study has found that road vehicle pollution was attributable to more than 41,800 premature deaths in the United States in 2024, equivalent to about five deaths per hour. The research also found that U.S. children account for one in…
2026-06-29 · 4 MIN READTwenty-five Metro Detroit communities have exceeded Michigan's lead action level for drinking water since 2018, according to state compliance data analyzed by a drinking water engineer and reviewed by Planet Detroit. The communities all…
2026-06-26 · 3 MIN READA peer-reviewed pilot study has found that some East Palestine, Ohio, residents showed blood markers of chronic inflammation and altered immune cell counts six months after the 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical release,…
2026-06-26 · 3 MIN READThe Montana Department of Environmental Quality announced at an open house in Divide on Tuesday that it is moving toward designating the Big Hole River as impaired due to excessive algae growth caused by nutrient pollution, a formal step…
2026-06-25 · 3 MIN READA warehouse fire that ignited in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles on June 17 continued to burn on Tuesday, with the Los Angeles Fire Department reporting progress in containing the blaze. The fire is producing smoke that is…
2026-06-22 · 3 MIN READJapan has resumed operations at the world's largest nuclear power plant to help meet surging electricity demand during a global oil crisis, but the restart has spotlighted a deepening problem: the country is running out of storage space…
2026-06-11 · 3 MIN READPresident Donald Trump acknowledged "real problems" at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Friday, blaming vandalism for an algae bloom and peeling paint that have marred the site's $14.2 million renovation, which he had promised would…
2026-06-20 · 3 MIN READ
Colorado regulators are reviewing Xcel Energy’s final plan to clean up groundwater contamination caused by decades of coal ash disposal at the Valmont Power Station east of Boulder, a project that could begin construction as early as late…
2026-06-17 · 3 MIN READDays after the completion of a $14.2 million renovation ordered by President Donald Trump, the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington has turned green again as algae proliferated in warm weather, frustrating the administration's…
2026-06-16 · 3 MIN READThe Trump administration has announced $75 million in federal funding for a coal export terminal at the Port of Oakland, invoking the Defense Production Act to accelerate a project that residents have fought for more than a decade. The…
2026-06-15 · 5 MIN READA peer-reviewed study of breast milk samples from mothers in Seattle found that about 92% of 50 samples were contaminated with at least one endocrine-disrupting chemical, including BPA, BPS, melamine, cyanuric acid, and triclosan, the…
2026-06-14 · 3 MIN READThe National Institutes of Environmental Health has awarded Emory University a $15 million grant to study the health effects of environmental contaminants from Superfund sites in the Brunswick, Georgia, area, university officials announced…
2026-06-11 · 3 MIN READCommercial beekeepers in the United States lost more than 60% of their colonies last winter — the worst losses on record — according to Jennie Durant, a bee researcher and author of the new book 'Bitter Honey: Big Ag’s Threat to Bees and…
2026-06-10 · 5 MIN READResidents of Pacoima, a working-class Los Angeles neighborhood hemmed in by three highways, an airport, and heavy industry, are deploying a network of community-run air quality sensors to document pollution levels that often far exceed…
2026-06-09 · 3 MIN READAn analysis of state and federal records reveals that approximately half of California's tested waterways are contaminated with pesticides classified as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or Pfas. The review identifies the chemical…
2026-06-05 · 3 MIN READA study published Thursday in Science found that wildfire smoke has reversed decades of progress toward US ozone air quality standards. Ground-level ozone concentrations, which had been declining, began rising after 2015 as increasingly…
2026-06-04 · 3 MIN READPresident Trump will use the Defense Production Act, a Cold War-era statute that grants sweeping wartime powers to accelerate domestic industrial output, to provide $700 million in grants to more than a dozen coal-fired power plants across…
2026-06-04 · 5 MIN READVoters in Monterey Park, California, on Tuesday approved a ballot measure that permanently bans data centers in the city, making it the first US municipality to enact such a ban through a direct vote. With 86.3% of more than 7,000 votes…
2026-06-03 · 3 MIN READSouthern California authorities ordered evacuations extending into the Memorial Day weekend for about 40,000 residents after a chemical tank at a Garden Grove company site overheated and began venting vapors, officials said. Fire officials…
2026-05-23 · 3 MIN READAuthorities in Garden Grove, California, issued evacuation orders for about 40,000 people after a storage tank containing methyl methacrylate overheated and began venting vapors, Orange County fire officials said Friday. Fire officials…
2026-05-22 · 3 MIN READA northwest Oregon town is stepping up testing of the South Yamhill River, which supplies some of its drinking water, following reporting about a local wood-treating facility's years of chemical spills and stormwater releases that state…
2026-05-18 · 3 MIN READThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed rescinding a 2024 rule that required coal-fired power plants to treat toxic heavy metals leaching into groundwater, arguing the regulation is too costly as electricity demand…
2026-05-15 · 3 MIN READThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency moved Thursday to roll back limits that require coal-fired power plants to prevent toxic heavy metals from entering streams and rivers through groundwater. The EPA proposed changing a rule finalized…
2026-05-15 · 3 MIN READCalifornia’s newly finalized rules under a landmark 2022 law require plastic producers to make packaging recyclable or compostable or otherwise comply with stepped goals. The regulations—finalized at the start of the month—have triggered…
2026-05-14 · 3 MIN READVenezuela’s Foreign Ministry warned Saturday that an oil spill originating in Trinidad and Tobago has caused serious environmental damage along the coastlines of at least two Venezuelan states and in the Gulf of Paria, while Trinidad’s…
2026-05-09 · 3 MIN READVenezuela’s Foreign Ministry warned in a letter late Saturday that an oil spill it says originated in Trinidad and Tobago had caused “severe risks” to ecosystems along Venezuela’s coast and in the Gulf of Paria. Trinidad and Tobago…
2026-05-09 · 3 MIN READThe Trump administration will soon propose rolling back parts of the first-ever limits on toxic "forever chemicals" in drinking water, an EPA official said, planning to rescind restrictions on several less-common types of PFAS while…
2026-05-08 · 4 MIN READA multi-year investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Associated Press and FRONTLINE (PBS) reveals that Georgia environmental regulators knew for nearly two decades that PFAS chemicals from carpet mills were polluting…
2026-05-08 · 5 MIN READGeorgia’s environmental regulators knew for nearly two decades that the carpet industry in the state's northwest corner was discharging dangerous forever chemicals into rivers that provide drinking water for hundreds of thousands of…
2026-05-08 · 3 MIN READThe Trump administration plans to propose softening some Biden-era limits on PFAS “forever chemicals” in drinking water, according to an EPA official. The proposal would delay parts of the rollback but keep strict standards for two common…
2026-05-08 · 3 MIN READGeorgia officials and scientists identified PFAS contamination in drinking-water supplies in northwest Georgia more than a decade before the state began taking new public action, an Associated Press investigation finds. Residents in the…
2026-05-08 · 3 MIN READDebris from the demolition of the White House East Wing that was dumped at a nearby public golf course has tested positive for lead, chromium and other toxic metals, the National Park Service said. An interim report described soil…
2026-05-06 · 3 MIN READIn Kenya’s coastal settlement of Owino Uhuru, residents say they are still coping with lead poisoning linked to a lead-acid battery recycling plant that operated for years and was later shut down. The Associated Press reports that experts…
2026-04-30 · 3 MIN READAfrica’s expanding use of off-grid solar and battery storage is increasing demand for lead-acid battery recycling, experts warn, raising concerns about rising lead exposure in communities. The issue is rooted in how many batteries are…
2026-04-29 · 3 MIN READChile’s Atacama Desert is home to major astronomy projects, but scientists warn the region’s “darkest skies” face growing pressure from development and energy proposals near observatories. An appeal last year helped cancel a green power…
2026-04-28 · 3 MIN READMassachusetts officials are moving forward with a plan that keeps sewage releases into waterways during heavy storms, prompting grassroots groups to push for a full shift to separate sewer systems. In the Boston area, water authority…
2026-04-26 · 4 MIN READThe U.S. Department of Justice has filed a complaint in federal court against Washington, D.C., and DC Water seeking financial penalties over a Potomac River sewage leak, the Justice Department said. The complaint stems from a January…
2026-04-22 · 3 MIN READMillions around the world are set to mark Earth Day on Wednesday, a holiday that grew out of a U.S. “teach-in” focused on pollution in 1970. The annual observance is not a federal holiday, but it has inspired volunteer cleanups and helped…
2026-04-22 · 3 MIN READSAN DIEGO, California — Residents along the Tijuana River say untreated sewage and industrial wastewater produce a strong odor and health symptoms, including congestion, coughing, headaches and breathing trouble. Researchers documented…
2026-04-16 · 3 MIN READThe Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy is changing how the state issues air quality alerts as wildfire smoke season approaches, including when conditions reach the federal Air Quality Index range labeled “unhealthy…
2026-04-15 · 3 MIN READThe Environmental Protection Agency is considering reclassifying chemical plastic recycling facilities as manufacturers rather than incinerators under the Clean Air Act, a move environmental advocates say would immediately eliminate…
2026-04-15 · 5 MIN READResidents on the North Shore of O‘ahu cleaned up flood-mud after late-February storms that authorities say are being linked to pesticide and bacterial contamination questions. State health officials have detected pathogens in mud and water…
2026-04-11 · 4 MIN READThe Trump administration has proposed weakening federal rules for handling coal-plant ash that can contain hazardous heavy metals and contaminate groundwater, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The proposal would ease…
2026-04-11 · 4 MIN READBefore and during his second term, President Donald Trump has pushed to keep coal plants operating, using emergency authorities and other government powers to delay retirements that utilities had planned under Biden-era climate rules,…
2026-04-11 · 3 MIN READA town near Japan’s Mount Fuji says “tourism pollution” has worsened as social media drives more visitors to see cherry blossoms and the mountain’s iconic views. In Fujiyoshida, officials canceled the annual cherry blossom festival this…
2026-04-10 · 3 MIN READActivists say Poland’s flagship “Clean Air” program to curb household smog-linked heating demand has lost momentum, threatening both public health progress and the country’s energy security. The government points to a mid-program reform…
2026-04-09 · 3 MIN READSwedish authorities released the EU-sanctioned tanker Flora 1 after concluding they lacked sufficient evidence that the ship caused a Baltic Sea oil spill, the Swedish Coast Guard said. The spill was discovered Thursday and the vessel was…
2026-04-06 · 3 MIN READSwedish authorities released a tanker that had been detained for suspected involvement in a Baltic Sea oil spill after investigators found insufficient evidence the vessel was at fault, according to the Swedish Coast Guard. The ship had…
2026-04-05 · 3 MIN READSweden’s Coast Guard released the EU-sanctioned tanker Flora 1 after investigators said they found no sufficient evidence that the vessel caused an oil spill in the Baltic Sea. The ship had been boarded and detained after a spill was…
2026-04-04 · 3 MIN READSweden’s Coast Guard said it boarded a tanker suspected of causing a 12-kilometer (8-mile) oil spill in the Baltic Sea after the vessel left a Russian port. The Coast Guard said the ship is under European Union sanctions tied to the…
2026-04-04 · 3 MIN READThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed for the first time to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a federal list of contaminants in drinking water, a step that could lead to new limits for water utilities. EPA…
2026-04-03 · 4 MIN READWarm winter weather linked to human-caused climate change can make nitrate pollution reach drinking-water sources more often, experts say. In Iowa, Des Moines Water Works spent about $16,000 a day in January and February filtering nitrates…
2026-04-02 · 3 MIN READMexico’s government has denied accusations by environmental groups that it lied about where a massive oil spill off Veracruz in the Gulf of Mexico began, after the spill spread into protected nature reserves and coastal areas. Mexico’s…
2026-04-01 · 4 MIN READVERACRUZ, Mexico — A large oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has stretched more than 373 miles and seeped into seven nature reserves, damaging coastal fishing along Mexico’s Gulf states as Holy Week nears, the Associated Press reported March…
2026-03-29 · 3 MIN READMexico’s navy secretary said a Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began in early March spread more than 600 kilometers (373 miles) and reached seven nature reserves along parts of Veracruz and Tabasco, with contaminants also tied to natural oil…
2026-03-27 · 4 MIN READMichigan’s Air Pollution Control Exemption, designed to reward pollution-reduction equipment, has cost local governments billions in property-tax revenue over the last decade with limited state follow-up, an investigation found. The…
2026-03-21 · 3 MIN READMichigan’s Air Pollution Control Exemption law has provided long-running property and sales tax breaks for pollution control equipment, a system that leaves many local governments with little information about costs and limited say over…
2026-03-21 · 4 MIN READFive southern European nations urged the European Commission on March 18 to activate the bloc’s civil protection mechanism to address an unmanned Russian tanker, the Arctic Metagaz, drifting in the Mediterranean amid fears of an…
2026-03-19 · 3 MIN READWisconsin lawmakers sent a $133 million package to tackle PFAS contamination, often called “forever chemicals,” to Gov. Tony Evers for his approval Tuesday. The Wisconsin Senate approved the bills as a rare bipartisan compromise after…
2026-03-18 · 3 MIN READVahid Salemi, an Associated Press photographer based in Tehran, said a photo showing black spots on clothespins captures how conflict has affected everyday life and the environment in the Iranian capital. In an interview accompanying the…
2026-03-15 · 3 MIN READA photo series by Associated Press photographer Vahid Salemi captures black spots on clothespins, which he says reflect environmental damage from conflict in Tehran. Salemi described how smoke from explosions and heavy rain clouds left the…
2026-03-15 · 3 MIN READThe collapse of a sewer pipe in January dumped about 244 million gallons of sewage into the Potomac River, prompting an emergency declaration and federal help, according to U.S. and Baltimore-area officials. Bacteria from the spill drifted…
2026-03-15 · 3 MIN READThe massive sewage pipe that ruptured and leaked millions of gallons of raw waste into the Potomac River resumed operation Saturday after DC Water completed emergency repairs, the utility said. DC Water reported it finished testing to…
2026-03-15 · 3 MIN READA ruptured wastewater pipe that leaked millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River returned to operation Saturday after emergency repairs, DC Water said. The Potomac Interceptor ruptured on Jan. 19, sending 250 million gallons…
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