Sediment cores from the Aegean Sea reveal that human-driven lead contamination began 5,200 years ago—much earlier than expected. This pollution is tied to shifts in economy and land use, culminating ...

More than 300 career employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have left. Those who remain face a painful decision: ...

Koppal: Gangavathi is also known as the ‘rice bowl of Karnataka'. However, farmers here in the Tungabhadra catchment area are ...

An Australian company is planning a huge zinc and manganese mine in Arizona — locals are doing everything they can to stop it ...

Heavy metals naturally occur in the Earth's crust, but human activities can increase their concentration in the environment, ...

Environmentalists sue after feds allow new drilling permits in one of the country’s most polluted areas - The San Joaquin Valley’s Kern County is home to some of the country’s most polluted cities ...

Without concerted action, pollution threatens to leave the Drin River and its main tributaries “lifeless”, environmentalists ...

Improved computer models shed light on how reducing sulphur emissions will inadvertently release methane from wetlands.

Copicut residents raised concerns about polluted drinking water during a recent council meeting, but officials say it's safe.

A delegation of human rights body visits Kappatrala reserve forest where mining is proposed, interacts with local villagersLocals are strongly opposing the uranium mining on the grounds that it ...

Northern Minnesota Republican Congressman Pete Stauber has reintroduced legislation to overturn a 20-year mining ban near the ...

For centuries, artisanal gold miners in the Asgede district, located in the North Western Zone of the Tigray region, have used traditional tools for gold extraction. However, in recent years, this ...