Can melting glaciers accelerate continental drift and volcanic activity? New research suggests that it is possible and has a ...

With economic and environmental focus, the issue that often gets overlooked is the outsized health impacts of pollution from ...

A new Emory University study finds Brunswick residents have been exposed to rare toxins at levels that far outstrip the general population.

The Apache Generating Station, one of the last remaining power plants in Arizona that use coal, is among 66 power plants ...

When President Donald Trump’s administration invited power plants to apply in March for an exemption to new federal ...

Research led by the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC), with the participation of the Universitat Autònoma de ...

What if counteracting mercury contamination in waterways could be as simple as adding selenium? That proposition has gained ...

Environmentalists and others say the coal plant exemptions could be part of broader plan to eliminate the new environmental ...

When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication ...

Poisonous heavy metals flowing from Chinese-owned gold mines in Shan State pose a deadly threat to residents in northern Thailand – and a headache for their government.

The Trump administration has granted nearly 70 coal-fired power plants a two-year exemption from federal regulations aimed at reducing toxic emissions like mercury, arsenic, and benzene ...

Around the World: Tree rings show mercury pollution from Peru's illegal mining, Air New Zealand unveils Māori, Pasifika-inspired new uniforms, and access to food in remote communities receives ...