Shipments of the waste created from the massive train derailment in Ohio earlier this month resumed Monday. Federal officials ordered the pause Saturday amid concerns regarding oversight of where the waste was being shipped. At that point, some liquid and solid waste had already been taken to sites in Michigan and Texas. “Harris County has…

A winter storm is stretching from coast to coast causing major disruptions across the U.S., including canceling thousands of flights; a local TV news reporter has been shot and killed while at the scene of an earlier homicide; Russia is expanding its nuclear arsenal; and a mysterious sphere washes ashore. These stories and more make…

In a letter to the transportation company Norfolk Southern, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) listed the hazardous materials released in the Ohio train derailment earlier this month. The incident has sparked health concerns among those living in the area. One of the materials listed is vinyl chloride, which is a carcinogen. Short-term exposure to vinyl…

Orange smoke has spread across the skies of Tucson, Arizona, causing residents to shelter-in-place. Schools are closed and a main interstate has shut down.  That smoke is coming from an overturned truck carrying nitric acid. Video of the scene shows the truck on its side as the chemical spews out. According to the University of…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moved Tuesday to block a controversial proposal for a copper and gold mine in Southwest Alaska. The remote region, home to the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery, is a massive source of minerals believed to be worth hundreds of billions of dollars. For nearly 20 years, the Pebble Mine…

Recycling plastic has long been branded as a way to help reduce the use of energy and save the environment. But a new study is calling it a failed concept. Titled “Circular Claims Fall Flat Again,” the study found that of 51 million tons of plastic waste generated by U.S. households in 2021, only 2.4…

The federal government’s oversight of clean air and water dates to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 1970 founding. The D.C. debate now is over the agency’s enforcement of greenhouse gas emission standards for power plants. Proponents of EPA standards on greenhouse gases cite the need to stem climate change. This is why Democrats in D.C.…

New Zealand has long committed itself as a world leader in the fight against climate change. Now the nation plans to take its efforts a step further with a new tax on burps from cattle. On Tuesday, the country introduced a controversial greenhouse emissions plan to tax farm animal burps and pee to reduce greenhouse…

Brazilian national space research agency Inpe released preliminary data showing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest reached a record high for the first half of 2022. Friday’s data shows that from January to June, roughly 1,540 square miles of rainforest were cleared. That area is: Five times the size of New York City An increase of…

The Supreme Court upset more than a handful of lawmakers and activists on the American left with several of the recent rulings from its latest term. Now, Democrats are reviving their calls to “pack the court,” hoping to pressure Congress and the president to expand the high court and fill the new vacancies with justices…