New research shows that the biggest sources of forever chemicals are rooted in the past – old landfills, waste sites or ...

After that, the decomposing leaves break down into the soil, bringing microplastics with them. Researchers found levels of ...

Heavy soil sealing combined with insufficient retention and infiltration (seepage) potentially increases the risk of ...

If the planet continues to warm at its current rate, exposure to wildfire smoke will kill an estimated 70,000 Americans each ...

The year has seen record temperatures in many countries. Heat combined with air pollution is a health emergency that requires ...

Thrifting is hailed as a cheap and green alternative to fast fashion. But when DW reporter Katharina Schantz set out to find the perfect pre-loved shirt, it made her question what she thought she knew ...

Americans of color are dying and getting sick at increasing rates from air pollution linked to gas and oil, according to a ...

Vehicle emissions may contribute to more than 1,800 premature deaths in Australia each year, according to the nation's first ...

New York City launched the Harbor Charger, a hybrid electric ferry that entered into service as the first of its kind in the ...

Wildfire smoke increasingly threatens lives across the country. A new study shows smoke exposure in the coming decades will cause tens of thousands of excess deaths and predicts where exposure will ...

Readers respond to a guest essay about throwaway plastic. Also: President Trump the divider; stealth legislation.

As billions continue to breathe polluted air that causes more than 4.5 million premature deaths every year, UN climate ...