Pollution

The Goldman Environmental Prize has announced its 2023 awards. Three winners speak about their efforts to protect wilderness and fight polluters

Through “bike buses,” more pedestrian-friendly streets and electric vehicles, some cities are making strides in decarbonizing transportation

The president is creating an Office of Environmental Justice and expanding federal protections for communities that have been historically overburdened by pollution

In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, plastic creates strange communities that bring coastal and open-ocean animals together

A new study documents the mysterious presence of five banned chlorofluorocarbons, chemicals that not only deplete the ozone layer but also contribute to global warming

Researchers recovered lithium from batteries on a small scale by using mechanical force

East Palestine residents are looking to independent researchers to fill gaps left by authorities about the toxic chemicals that could be affecting people after a train derailment

Ocean animals are growing sicker from ingesting too much plastic

The Nord Stream pipeline explosions happened in a dumping ground for chemical warfare, but other contaminants proved most toxic to marine life

The EPA has proposed the first nationwide limits for toxic chemicals called PFASs in the U.S. water supply

A train carrying toxic and combustible materials derailed recently in Ohio. Here’s what we know about the situation—and what we can’t know yet

Citizen scientists and researchers found that we are losing our view of the sky at an astonishing rate of almost 10 percent each year