Pollution

Decades of studying polluted Piles Creek led to advances in our understanding of how pollution affects crabs, fish and shrimp, including those that we eat.

Uncovering environmental harms and crimes, and holding those responsible accountable, has never received enough priority. We need to correct that problem.

A Viennese repair bonus is keeping thousands of items out of the junkyard and inspiring other cities.

Bombs and bullets are just the beginning.

The connection between war and environmental destruction is on full display in Putin’s invasion. Plus, other news you won’t want to miss.

The United Nations has an opportunity to address plastic pollution on an international level. Will it finally act?

It’s time to overhaul the chemical industry — for the sake of fenceline communities and the rest of the planet.

The Environmental Protection Agency can help protect millions of people who live near industrial facilities — but only if it works now to strengthen an important federal chemical policy.

Conservationists, activists, scientists and other experts offered their insight into the year’s most pressing issues.

With a lack of regulations addressing toxic “forever chemicals,” students and professors at a Vermont college have taken their research skills into communities to spur action.