Greenland’s harsh environment and lack of infrastructure have prevented rare earth mining

Greenland’s harsh environment, lack of key infrastructure and difficult geology have prevented anyone from building a mine to ...

Year-end reports from Michigan’s environmental agency show progress on several persisting issues

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy has reported progress on multiple longtime areas of concern in ...

Environment Canada issues warning after freezing rain comes down in pockets of southern Manitoba

Patchy freezing rain is coming down in a large swath of southern Manitoba on Sunday morning, prompting Environment Canada to ...

Brevard mulls how to get 'forever chemicals' out of drinking water

Brevard County Commission will discuss how to deal with 'forever chemicals' in the county's drinking water system.

CT has strengthened protections on key environmental issues. Here’s what to expect in 2026

Lawmakers are eyeing bills ranging from fixing the state’s waste crisis, further restricting helium balloons and tightening ...
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The Mississippi River breaks free in this part of Louisiana. A new project will look at solutions.

Managing the river's breaks, or crevasses, is of high importance, affecting issues ranging from saltwater intrusion to global ...

FEMA to pay for lead testing at 100 homes destroyed in Eaton fire, after months of saying it was unnecessary

For months, federal officials have said post-cleanup soil testing for fire-stricken homes in L.A. was unnecessary. Now, they plan to test 100 homes destroyed in the Eaton fire.

Scientists sound alarm on erosion of long-term environmental data

A new Special Report published in the journal BioScience warns that long-term ecological and evolutionary research faces ...

Environment breakthroughs of 2025

A novel satellite-based method to track fossil fuel CO2 emissions with greater precision than ever before marks a ...

N.J. slaps scrapyard — site of 12 ‘hazardous’ fires — with lawsuit

Eastern Metal Recycling, or EMR, has been linked to at least 12 “hazardous fires” in Camden throughout the last five years, ...

Vulnerable populations shoulder larger number and higher intensity of environmental burdens, study finds

Vulnerable communities in the United States often face the highest risks from individual environmental burdens, such as ...

Will the environment be a big topic during the legislative session? What to expect

Environmental advocates are concerned about a lack of legislative action needed to meet the state's 2030 climate goals. Other potential environmental legislation includes bills to increase public ...