Environmental Health News

The condition, linked to heat on a warming planet, is affecting laborers from Central America and Mexico. As scientists race to track the growing epidemic, its victims have been driven further into hiding.

Retired EV batteries and clean-energy demand are on opposite sides of China. Reuniting them could be one of decarbonization's cheapest wins.

Bek MacIntosh helped rally her Alberta town to kill a megaproject. The wider fight, she vows, is ‘just getting started.’

Southeast Asia has spent decades trying to tackle haze from forest fires. Yet every few years, the region finds itself breathing it again.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the Palisades nuclear plant failed to implement a radiation protection program for workers at the plant during an incident in February.

The Trump administration has stalled a study that would help identify the industries dumping harmful PFAS chemicals into wastewater, two former officials say.

Bald eagles are helping scientists uncover where per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, contamination may be coming from across Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region.

A new study groups food contact chemicals by structure, which may help policymakers more efficiently regulate them, the lead author says.

A new study has revealed a striking difference between people with lung cancer and those without the disease.

Tiny fragments of plastic are in the air, land, and water in the country, where the burning of trash is common.

Small towns in the Permian Basin have become a petri dish for the perils of living amid the nation's largest oil fields.

"The Esky Lid" is a mechanical contraption that will be able to seal off Brisbane's new underground tunnels from floodwaters. 

Europe just opened a carbon capture and storage plant billed as the continent's largest. But global climate scenarios call for far more capacity than exists anywhere on Earth.

Climate change, conflict, and trade tensions are putting pressure on the global food system. New research suggests the biggest risk is not food shortages, but whether societies can peacefully adapt to change.

A failed attempt by Entergy Arkansas to block news outlets from publishing details of a data center agreement highlights growing concerns about press freedom and secrecy surrounding the industry’s rapid expansion.

China has more solar capacity online than coal capacity. It’s a remarkable milestone, but the fossil fuel still generates far more electricity than solar does.

Data from around Maine suggests the state never fully recovered from last fall’s drought, leaving the state in a tough position as conditions worsen once again, according to the Maine Drought Task Force.

A handful of U.S. farmers are looking at a new solution to extreme weather. Perennial grains may better withstand extreme drought like the one earlier this year that devastated some wheat farmers in Kansas.

Malaysia has declared an emergency in a town in Sarawak state due to severe air pollution linked to fires in Indonesia.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation fired an employee after he reportedly refused to follow a directive meant to control his communications with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.