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 ...

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

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

"It is a huge ... catastrophe." Residents report 'noxious waste' from nearby landfills releasing staggering amounts of air ...

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

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 ...

(September 17, 2025) A new report released today by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine finds that it is “beyond scientific dispute” that climate pollution harms human health ...

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

As railways enter their third century of service, research must support their renaissance for more-sustainable travel that ...

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

A new study has determined that 55 heat waves over the past quarter-century would not have happened without human-caused ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed doing away with a program that has required large, mostly industrial ...