People are getting drinking water from wells that haven't been monitored for carcinogens that can seep into the supply.
| Daniel Grossman
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
Air pollution affects more than our health — it's also impacting our education system.
| Chris Stewart
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
Patrick Bayou is an EPA superfund site, where toxic chemicals flow right into the Houston shipping channel.
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
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
It's Asthma Peak Week, and recently, a record number of Americans are visiting hospitals, or even dying, from severe cases.
A scientist says the lack of data calls into question California's ability to meet its ambitious goal of carbon neutrality by 2045.
| AP
The court's ruling could complicate the Biden administration's plans to combat climate change.
| AP and Scott Withers
Some states had new policies to protect against environmental racism, but many of them are now outdated.
| Scripps News Staff
The decline or loss of bees could affect our food and other products, but it can also affect our environment, as they serve as a pollinator.
| Scripps News Staff
The global average is 117 pollution deaths per 100,000 people.
| AP and Scripps News Staff
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. produced about 36 million tons of plastic waste in 2018.
| Meg Hilling and Scripps News Staff
The EPA set the national recycling rate to 50% by 2030, but what will it take for citizens and businesses to hit that goal?
| Scripps News Staff
Actor Jeremy Irons travels to beautiful destinations tainted by pollution to discover the extent and effects of the world's waste problem.
| Blenheim Films
Military medical teams have examined more than 5,900 people complaining of symptoms like nausea and rashes since last November.
| AP
Still undetermined is whether the impact caused the October leak or if the line was hit by something else at a later date or failed.
| AP
PFAS are synthetic chemicals found in some everyday items and have been linked to high cholesterol, low birth weight and some forms of cancer.
| AP
Keeping global warming well below 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century is a goal of the Paris accord, but some nations are falling behind.
| Scripps News Staff
Studies showed leaded gas caused measurable intellectual impairment in children and millions of premature deaths.
| AP
Waste management companies are looking for ways to recycle excess PPE pollution that has developed during the pandemic.
| Scripps
One conservationist is working to reduce our carbon footprint.
| Scripps
In one part of Louisiana, pollution concerns are so bad that residents call the area "Cancer Alley."
| Scripps
The U.S. Plastics Pact is rethinking the way we design and reuse plastic.
| Scripps
The Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton, Florida, helps sea turtles that swallow pieces of plastic in the ocean.
| WPTV
Some city leaders are thinking of ways to clean up their communities.
| Scripps
Researchers are working with partners around the world to figure out how much pollution is out there and where it's coming from.
| Scripps
The 30-year-old spends hours each week picking up beach trash.
| WPTV
According to the EPA, only about one-third of waste put in recycling bins is actually recycled.
