ENVIRONMENT

Driven by poverty, plastic waste has become out of control in the island nation known for its "sachet economy."

The EPA, under a proposed settlement, will put additional pressure on Pennsylvania to reduce pollution that feeds into the Chesapeake Bay.

Highly toxic, methylene chloride is among the chemicals the EPA is re-evaluating under amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act, enacted in 2016.

The U.S. has now inventoried old-growth forests, as President Biden ordered. Will protection be next?

Mostafa Hassanalian, an engineering professor at a New Mexico college, is using drone technology to enable taxidermied birds to fly.

Hybrid eclipses are rare among eclipses and occur only a few times a century.

Researchers say the event was probably caused by excess fuel released during the launch.

The idea of enlisting children armed with air rifles in an effort to kill feral cats in New Zealand set off alarm bells among animal rights groups.

As the Biden administration moves closer to cutting how much water states can pull from the Colorado River, famers in California's Imperial Valley are in a powerful but precarious position.

Russia’s war in Ukraine is first and foremost a human tragedy, but it has been dire for wildlife too, stalling scientific work on polar bears and other animals unaware of the borders drawn on maps by humans.

The simulation suggests that one minute after the blast, the displaced wave was 85 meters high — “mind boggling and hard to believe," said the study's lead author.

Though authorities said the Monday truck spill was contained, it embodied concerns among environmental activists about how toxic materials are transported.

Nine groups sued Tuesday alleging that FEMA is improperly using billions of dollars in congressionally appropriated disaster funds to repair Puerto Rico's grid.

The federal review lays out the painful choices facing the American West after a two-decade drought and chronic overuse have left crucial lakes — the water supply for tens of millions of people — dangerously diminished.

The study, focused on South Africa's Cape Town, suggested that the wealthiest 14 percent of the population was behind more than half the city's water consumption.

The EPA next week is expected to unveil a rule that would accelerate the transition to electric vehicles, by setting long-term restrictions on auto emissions.

The EPA wants to limit use of ethylene oxide, a scourge to low-income communities nationwide, but a chemical considered essential to sterilizing medical equipment.

The Interior Department will use funding from the bipartisan infrastructure law to repair canals, dams, fish hatcheries and other water systems in the West, it said on Wednesday.