People are getting drinking water from wells that haven't been monitored for carcinogens that can seep into the supply.
| Daniel Grossman
A Jackson restaurant owner shares what the millions headed to the city could do to help businesses like his deal with aging infrastructure.
Supply chain shortages can cause years-long delays in recovering from natural disasters.
| Scripps News Staff
U.S scientists found the median levels of PFAS in freshwater fish were more than 270 times higher than those detected in commercially caught fish.
| Scripps News Staff
Of the more than 700,000 miles of waterways in the U.S., nearly 51% are impaired by pollution.
The Red Hill fueling station at Pearl Harbor is leaking chemicals into the O'ahu water supply, causing damage that could last generations.
| Scripps News Staff
Environmentalists say the container wall disrupted wildlife, but they worry their expensive removal will cost the land even more.
California's snow survey is showing one of its best starts in the last 40 years, which is great news for the West's long-running drought.
Human composting is when the body of the deceased is placed into a reusable vessel along with plant material such as wood chips, alfalfa and straw.
| AP
The rule defines which "waters of the United States" are protected by the Clean Water Act.
| AP
Discarded Christmas trees can be picked up curbside for recycling through regular trash-collection services in various cities.
| AP
Air pollution affects more than our health — it's also impacting our education system.
| Chris Stewart
The water district serving 19 million people in and around Los Angeles is telling residents to conserve water to avoid worse restrictions.
When Flint, Michigan, changed its municipal water supply source in 2014, distribution pipes corroded and lead leached out into the drinking water.
| Scripps News Staff
A global exploration of microplastics' impact on our planet and on our health — and what scientists are doing to help fix the problem.
| Nelufar Hedayat and Kevin Clancy
Some companies buy carbon offset projects to achieve carbon-neutral pledges, but it's hard to prove those projects are doing what they claim.
| Scripps News Staff
Americans will see the younger face of a monarchy that is tackling important issues as it seeks to remain relevant in modern, multicultural Britain.
| AP
Patrick Bayou is an EPA superfund site, where toxic chemicals flow right into the Houston shipping channel.
The deal is a win for poorer nations — often victims of climate-worsened conditions despite having contributed little to the pollution heating Earth.
| AP
Across deserts, coastlines, and forests, five Native American tribes work to restore their traditional ways of managing and protecting land.
| Passion River
Bird flu, in the U.S. and abroad, is pushing poultry prices up ahead of Thanksgiving.
American drinking water infrastructure is aging, and the impacts are increasingly dangerous. How is the U.S. fixing it?
| Eli Kintisch
The United Nations Environment Programme says the window is closing on n efforts to keep future warming of the earth at bay.
| AP
Greenhouse gases hit record high levels in the atmosphere last year, the U.N. weather agency said Wednesday, calling it an "ominous" sign.
| AP
Electric vehicles are soaring in popularity, but how and where to charge up remains a dilemma that's a barrier for most renters.
| AP
Winter is likely to bring drier conditions across Southern states and wetter weather for areas including the Great Lakes region and Pacific Northwest.
| AP and Scott Withers
Farmers are on a mission to save their livelihoods — and the planet.
| Passion River
Scientists are trying to create snow in the mountains to save the plants and animals in the dried-out canyon.
The dismissal comes after the Michigan Supreme Court in June said a different judge acting as a one-person jury had no authority to issue indictments.
| AP and Scripps News Staff
Water and power supplies for tens of millions of American are being threatened as Lake Powell and Lake Mead water levels continue to drop.
We create 400 million tons of plastic waste a year in the U.S., but only two million tons of that gets recycled. Newsy's Scott Withers reports why.
It's Asthma Peak Week, and recently, a record number of Americans are visiting hospitals, or even dying, from severe cases.
The president is expected to promote the new climate, tax and health care law that offers tax incentives for buying electric vehicles.
| AP
From Arizona to New Mexico deserts and Louisiana swamps, a high pressure system is dumping rain in the South, triggering mass flooding.
