The Missouri Coalition for the Environment Foundation sued EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler in federal court, claiming he arbitrarily and capriciously approved Missouri’s water quality standards for agricultural runoff into lakes.
Read more
An environmental group reached a tentative settlement Tuesday in a federal air pollution lawsuit targeting a natural gas plant in the heart of the nation’s largest oilfield.
Read more
Harbor porpoise mothers rid themselves of human-made neurotoxic chemicals found in the ocean by transferring the dangerous mixture to their calves, according to research released Monday.
Read more
The United Nations issued a bleak warning Tuesday about the prospects of reducing the impact of climate change, reporting that two of the world’s biggest polluters, the United States and China, have emitted more greenhouse gases in the past year.
Read more
An international team of scientists has developed new technology to clear the air by converting toxic air pollutants produced from the burning of fossil fuels into a helpful industrial chemical.
Read more
Ride-hailing pioneer Uber, rather than being part of the solution to urban transport, may be adding to related problems like pollution from diesel cars, a study showed Thursday.
Read more
Scientists have developed a process to convert carbon waste into an important precursor widely used to make plastic products – a breakthrough they say will likely cause a paradigm shift in fossil fuel use, according to a study published Wednesday.
Read moreThe South Coast Air Quality Management District and two other California air districts sued U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao in federal court, claiming she issued a greenhouse gas emissions rule in violation of the Clean Air Act, which requires analysis of the impact of preempting state and local air pollution laws.
Read moreFinancial penalties have failed for years to bring Bavaria’s pollution-control measures in line, but an EU magistrate called it unjust Thursday to compel resolution by jailing public officials from the German state.
Read more
The Indian capital’s notorious air pollution hit “emergency” levels again Wednesday, coinciding with a visit by Britain’s Prince Charles.
Read more
Daytime speed limits in the Netherlands will likely be reduced to 62 mph next year to combat nitrogen emissions.
Read moreThe Justice Department said Friday that Dow Chemical Company has agreed to pay $77 million to restore wildlife habitats damaged by toxic chemicals released from its facility in central Michigan.
Read moreIn a new study released Thursday, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say the impact of aviation greenhouse gas emissions on the climate can be lessened, but it requires a careful balance of fuel efficiency and reduction in pollutants.
Read more
Midway Atoll is a haven for many species of seabirds and home to the largest colony of albatross in the world. It is littered with bird skeletons with plastic protruding from their decomposing bellies.
Read more
For two years a NASA aircraft scoured from the sky in search of deadly gas, but the mission was not over an alien planet: it searched for sources of methane in California.
Read more
On the hook for polluting the Pacific Ocean with millions of gallons of treated sewage every day, a lawyer for Hawaii’s Maui County told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that a ruling against it will open another set of floodgates.
Read more
Tree canopies and open grassland are some of the greenest means to combat air pollution and a new study says nature is also the thriftiest way to combat climate change.
Read moreEven with pollution cloaking northern India, visitors are still thronging the Taj Mahal, the shining marble mausoleum south of Delhi.
Read more
Despite a push for a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions with the Paris Climate Agreement, new research released Monday shows Earth’s oceans will still rise more than three feet due to the pollution currently produced.
Read more