Double-shelled carbon spheres drive cleaner nitrate-to-nitrogen conversion

Nitrate pollution in water threatens ecosystems and human health, yet removing it efficiently without producing harmful ...

Industrial Facilities Owned by Profitable Companies Release More of Their Toxic Waste into the Environment

How much pollution a facility engaged in production or resource extraction emits isn’t just based on its location, its ...
Los Angeles Times

Plastic bag bans seem to work, at least when it comes to shoreline pollution

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups. Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous ...
EurekAlert!

New methodology reveals health, climate impacts of reducing buildings’ energy use

Boston, MA – Increasing energy efficiency in buildings can save money—and it can also decrease the carbon emissions and air pollution that lead to climate change and health harms. But the climate and ...
Houston Chronicle

Pollution from a Fort Bend coal plant worries residents. The EPA says it's working on a solution.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials, including Regional Director Earthea Nance, joined a Fort Bend community panel Wednesday during a trip to the Houston area. Many residents and advocates ...
Minnesota Daily

Minnesota environmental organizations suing state agencies for nitrate pollution

Minnesota environmental advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit against state government agencies to limit nitrate pollution in drinking water. The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA), ...