When skin is exposed for long hours to harmful particles in the air, prevalent in most metropolitan cities, they penetrate ...

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 ...

From COP17 to the High Seas Treaty coming into force, discover the most important environmental events to mark in your ...

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 ...

It was a year of growing challenges as well as comeback stories in the Great Lakes. While Detroit welcomed a large new park, ...

Individuals with pre-existing heart problems may be more at risk from the negative consequences of air pollution on heart health, a study by Intermountain Health, Salt Lake City, has found. Scientists ...

Air in the U.S. has gotten cleaner for decades, adding years to people's lives and preventing millions of asthma attacks, but nearly half of Americans still live with unhealthy air pollution, a new ...

It’s a bit of a double-edged sword; while you’re driving emissions-free, you might be contributing to some serious ...

Colleen O’Neil, of the Mountain Watershed Association, fixes a crooked sign posted near a landfill's discharge pipe that flows into Sewickley Creek in Yukon, Pa. Credit: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate ...

The MPCA identified waste oil storage issues and industrial stormwater violations at all five locations, including a series ...

Japan's post-World War II economic growth led to significant environmental degradation, marked by severe pollution crises and ...