When indoor air pollution makes the news in western countries, it often feels like a local issue. One week it focuses on wood ...

The EPA won't consider the economic costs of harms to human health, at least for now. Legal and health experts are concerned ...

Candy wrappers. Cigarette butts. Chip bags. The litter you see on the side of the street doesn’t just present a public nuisance where it’s dropped. It’s one of the more serious emerging pollution ...

The Tijuana River has for decades been plagued with pollution from Mexico, fouling beaches near the U.S.-Mexico border with raw sewage. The group American Rivers has ranked the Tijuana River the ...

At a Catholic health conference April 4-5 in Vacherie, La., Kimberly Terrell, a research scientist and director of community engagement at the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic in New Orleans, said her ...

KALAMAZOO, MI - Levels of fine, inhalable particles in outdoor air that can aggravate asthma and cause health issues have been increasing in the Kalamazoo area, and the state doesn’t have an immediate ...

Nobody wants plastic pollution. That doesn’t mean poorly considered and heavy-handed governmental actions are the solution. This includes misguided single-use plastic bans (e.g., bans on plastic ...

Local environmental regulations were created in the 1950s and residents and scientists alike grew more concerned with pollution. Before one of the Louisville's most prominent parks was named after him ...