Once a thriving industrial artery, the Gowanus Canal played a central role in Brooklyn’s rise as a manufacturing powerhouse. By the late 19th century, factories lined its banks, dumping waste directly ...

Some countries have to choose between development and the environment. We don't.

Neighbors, government workers and a powerful railroad snow-clearing machine nicknamed “Darth Vader” have been digging out ...

Romania is the latest democracy to demonstrate that a country can reduce pollution without reducing economic growth – or ...

A small road in the heart of Portsmouth has been named as one of the most congested in the country.

"I headed down to the bridge in the village, and the smell would have turned your stomach with diesel," said Rob Jamieson, ...

Kaddafi Polat rarely mentions his own health after decades of breathing the polluted air blanketing his village beneath the ...

Banjima traditional owners say the thousands of hectares left poisoned by decades of asbestos mining has left them with one ...

Despite worsening ozone air pollution in much of the country, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to weaken ...