Burning plastic waste releases harmful chemicals into the air, including dioxins, furans and mercury, many of which are known carcinogens. That’s why, in some respects, incinerating plastic is thought ...

A belated effort to remove chemical waste from the Union Carbide factory revives complaints of justice left incomplete.

J.H. Baxter and its president have pleaded guilty to federal environmental charges after years of illegal pollution in Eugene, marking a victory for environmental accountability but leaving residents ...

The operator of a now-shuttered wood treatment facility in Eugene has pleaded guilty to multiple charges of breaking clean air and hazardous waste laws, and will pay $1.5 million in criminal penalties ...

Plans to expand a lakefront dump for polluted sediment would amount to “open dumping," given a landfill ban in Cook County, state environmental officials told a judge as activists sue to stop the ...

The federal government has plans to launch a cleanup campaign involving toxic waste left by hard rock mining, including ...

Parents who live near Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Castaic want the school district to move students to a temporary school, ...

Presidents Clinton, Biden issued orders aiming to correct environmental injustice. On Monday, President Trump issued orders ...

Governor’s executive orders expedite hazardous materials cleanup as property owners brace for flooding, mudslides, and erosion control Malibuites and their Palisades neighbors impacted by the ...

The town has been tense since containers holding 337 tonnes of toxic waste from the site of one of the world's worst ...

A research team led by Paolo Falcaro has developed a microporous crystal compound that signals whether protein-rich foods are spoilt. The ERC grant is now being used to explore practical applications.

Catoosa County is suing seven carpet manufactures for dumping toxic materials it says wCatoosa County filed a lawsuit in ...