Incineration

Energy Secretary Chris Wright celebrated the 55th anniversary of Earth Day by contrasting how the environment looked before and after "handily-energized society."

Workers who recently lost their jobs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety say they're concerned that there's no plan for managing biological samples tied to research projects.

Pfas are poisoning our soil and polluting our lungs. The EPA is finally sounding the alarm – but that's not enough

From snow angels to soup delivery to sustainable rain gardens, Aspinwall Neighbors is just what the moniker says — a way to help connect people. "We're guided by the mission of neighbors helping neighbors to build a thriving community," said Sarah Shaffer, group president. A senior marketing manager for global

Audrey Bensy of Fox Chapel unloaded a trunk full of flattened cardboard boxes on Friday and stacked them neatly into the public recycling bins at Harrison Hills Park. She is among a drove of people who drop off plastics, aluminum, glass and paper at the blue bins near the park's

Los Angeles-area residents who already face warnings about their tap water could be without it for some time, experts told NBC News, owing to concerns about the damage done to local infrastructure and the chemicals released by wildfires.

New research finds billions of tons of carbon get trapped in the everyday objects that make up the "technosphere."

Humans generate a lot of trash, but there are cheaper and safer ways to handle it than loading it on rockets.

Nearly half of waste is now burned for energy, but BBC analysis finds it is as dirty as coal.

Bacteria can degrade particularly tough PFAS varieties

Lawmakers in Miami-Dade and Broward counties at odds regarding using former airport site to build 'toxic' facility

California filed suit against ExxonMobil over its recycling claims. The Verge talked with the state attorney general about what's at stake.

To say "our government should not poison us" is not exactly a bold statement. Yet, somehow, it is one we have to make. Let me explain: PFAS, better known as forever chemicals, are incredibly dangerous. They cause cancer, developmental delays in children, and can harm women's fertility. Yet, despite these

Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed a new catalytic process that can vaporize the polyethylene (single-use bags) and polypropylene (hard plastics) that dominate trash piles, converting them...

Uses include surgical superglue that could be game-changer for fetal surgeries

The EPA has finally issued regulations intended to bring down emissions of the chemical ethylene oxide, a profoundly toxic chemical that has been determined can cause multiple forms of cancer.

Environmental group's 'roadmap' also urges feds to continue cutting PFAS levels in food and water

In Finland, VTT Technical Research Centre, LUT University, and industry partners have launched a pilot plant in Espoo to convert captured carbon dioxide into sustainable compounds for plastic products and chemicals. Dubbed Forest CUMP, the research collaboration funded by Business Finland and is exploring the capture of carbon dioxide from sources like the forest industry […]

A Westmoreland County judge will decide early next year whether there is sufficient evidence for the murder case to proceed against a Unity man charged with killing his former girlfriend. Defense attorney Marc Daffner argued during a court appearance Monday for Thomas Stanko, 53, of Unity that, because the body

Wood pellet production has skyrocketed across the U.S. South to feed the European Union's push for renewable energy to replace fossil fuels