Rivers have relatively less protection than do land or oceans and we lack effective mechanisms for measuring protection. A new study offers an improved mechanism for tracking progress.

LONG ISLAND-- Leaders in Nassau and Suffolk counties say they're hopeful that former Congressman Lee Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for head of the Environmental Protection Agency, will ...

Newtown's Nettleton Preserve is near a property under consideration for a large housing development. Credit: Davis Dunavin / WSHU News This is the third of a five-part series exploring issues ...

In response to President Donald Trump’s declaration of a “national energy emergency,” the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently listed hundreds of energy and infrastructure projects that would be ...

Every day, we are surrounded by the natural world. For those of us who live in or around natural environments, this may be obvious. For others, noticing the natural landscapes that surround us may ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is reopening its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles rules as well as its Heavy-Duty Nitrous Oxide rule as part of a sweeping review of ...

The Environment Protection Act, 1986 was enacted under Article 253 of the Indian Constitution, which empowers Parliament to make laws for implementing international agreements on the decisions made at ...