Pollution

President Trump has revoked a 1994 directive that required agencies to protect minority or low-income areas from pollution and health hazards

Fires can make drinking water, pipes and tanks unsafe. An environmental engineer explains why that’s so and what to do

The scientists behind a popular study on the health effects of flame retardants in black plastic cooking utensils and toys made a calculation error but still say their revised findings are alarming

United Airlines is partnering with NOAA as part of a wider federal strategy to better keep tabs on the country’s greenhouse gas emissions

A summit many hoped would yield a landmark treaty to tackle a global plastic pollution crisis ended in disappointment after oil- and gas-producing countries pushed back on limiting production

The particles that make up wildfire smoke may raise the risk of dementia even more than similar airborne pollutants from other sources

A social scientist looks at the portrait of U.S. voters, and voting, in the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election that put Trump into the White House

A fee created to push oil and gas companies to plug methane leaks could be axed by the incoming Trump administration, hampering efforts to curb the potent greenhouse gas

A self-building sponge that efficiently collects gold could eliminate some harsh methods used to process e-waste

Harris would continue the Biden administration’s landmark climate efforts; Trump would roll the country back to more oil and gas

Support from the Biden-Harris administration has boosted the already burgeoning electric school bus industry, and those gains should last no matter who wins the election

People living near industrial facilities often have few details about the chemicals inside, which poses major risks when floods occur