Environmental advocates are sounding the alarm as a proposal to overturn a mining ban near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota steps closer to reality.…
Read more U.S. Sen. Tina Smith rallying against vote to overturn Boundary Waters mining banIn the Midwest, climate change is fueling extreme heat, toxic algal blooms in the Great Lakes and tornadoes across Illinois. This article is only available to subscribers Offer…
Read more Trump administration dismantles US ability to fight climate change; environmentalists vow to appealSTELLA, Wis. — Kristen Hanneman made a small decision in 2022 that would upend life for her entire town. State scientists were checking private drinking water wells across…
Read more When forever chemicals contaminate drinking water, private well owners may be the last to knowJIKANDOR, Liberia — For generations, families in Jikandor village fished and drank from the river that runs through Liberia ’s dense rain forest. Now toxic pollution is making…
Read more Liberia’s largest gold miner repeatedly spilled dangerous chemicals, records showAir quality concerns linger on Monday with moderate to unhealthy rounds of air quality for sensitive groups, especially, according to our weather team. See the full forecast here.…
Read more Map: Check air quality levels in Northern California on MondayWASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says it will stop calculating how much money is saved in health care costs and preventable deaths avoided from air pollution…
Read more EPA Says It Will Stop Calculating the Economic Savings to Health in Key Air Pollution RulesAlma Figueroa began to worry when she learned that her gas provider wanted to test a controversial solution to curb global warming: blend hydrogen with natural gas to…
Read more California wants to mix hydrogen with gas to cut climate pollution. Critics say that poses risksThousands of residents across a section of California have been advised to stay indoors over concerns from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about high levels of air pollution…
Read more Thousands urged to stay inside in CaliforniaLONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Nestle’s recall of some batches of infant nutrition products has widened beyond Europe to the Americas and Asia, including China and Brazil, a…
Read more Nestle Infant Formula Recall Widens to China, BrazilMADISON, Wis. — Mercedes-Benz USA and parent company Daimer AG have agreed to pay $149.6 million to settle allegations that the automaker secretly installed devices in hundreds of…
Read more Mercedes-Benz agrees to pay $149.6 million to settle multistate emissions allegationsTUNIS, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Around 2,500 Tunisians marched through the coastal city of Gabes on Wednesday, reviving protests over pollution from a state-owned phosphate complex amid rising…
Read more Tunisians Revive Protests in Gabes Over Pollution From State Chemical PlantNEW DELHI (AP) — Dense toxic smog blanketed India’s national capital Monday, pushing air pollution levels to their worst levels in weeks, disrupting travel and causing authorities to…
Read more Toxic Smog Blankets New Delhi, Disrupting Travel and Plunging Air Quality to Hazardous LevelsA new report from the National Retail Federation shows that Gen Z shoppers make the most returns out of any generation, despite the environmental harm it can cause.…
Read more Gen Z more likely to return products than other age groups despite environmental harm, report findsThe pollution from food is sneaky. Because the apple sitting on your kitchen counter isn’t really causing any harm. But chances are good that you didn’t pick it…
Read more The most climate-friendly groceries might not be in the supermarketWASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is seeking to abandon a rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution, arguing that the Biden administration did not have…
Read more How a New Ruling Will Make Asthma Cases SkyrocketThe pollution from food is sneaky. Because the apple sitting on your kitchen counter isn’t really causing any harm. But chances are good that you didn’t pick it…
Read more The most climate-friendly groceries might not be in the supermarketBy Napat Wesshasartar and Devjyot Ghoshal THA TON, Thailand (Reuters) -For most of her life, 59-year-old farmer Tip Kamlue has irrigated her fields in northern Thailand with the…
Read more Toxic Mines Put Southeast Asia’s Rivers, People at Risk, Study SaysBELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -This year’s U.N. climate change summit ended with a tenuous compromise for a deal that skipped over most countries’ key demands but for one: committing…
Read more Takeaways From the COP30 Climate Summit in BrazilTUNIS (Reuters) -Thousands of Tunisians marched in the capital on Saturday in a protest against “injustice and repression”, accusing President Kais Saied of cementing one-man rule by using…
Read more Tunisians Escalate Protests Against Saied, Demanding Return of DemocracyBy Valerie Volcovici and Lisandra Paraguassu BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -With the United States absent from the U.N. annual international climate summit for the first time in three decades,…
Read more Analysis-China Finds Bigger Role as US Sidesteps Brazil Climate Summit