Nearly half of children in the United States are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, according to a new report, as ...

A coalition of environmental groups is suing the Environmental Protection Agency, alleging the agency missed a key deadline ...

The lawsuit contends the delay is costing thousands of life and is especially harmful to low‑income communities.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has put more than 160 workers who tackle pollution in overburdened communities on leave. The employees were part of the agency’s Office of Environmental ...

Microplastics, minute plastic particles less than 5 mm in diameter, have emerged as persistent pollutants across terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments. Their ubiquity has raised significant ...

Though the holiday season is here — with all the responsibilities it entails — some North Carolinians might consider adding one more thing to their to-do lists: weighing in on an EPA proposal that ...

A new water quality report card for Biscayne Bay again delivers sobering news: pollution in the bay continues to worsen. While the amount and location of the increase is not alarming, it does signal ...

Duarte Pita Dias is based in CBS News' London bureau, where he works across digital platforms and for TV broadcasts. Senior Coordinating Producer of Climate and Environmental Coverage Tracy J. Wholf ...

Poor air quality puts over five million people in the Phoenix area at risk, according to the report, especially children, the ...

Pollution entering the ocean from the Tijuana River has been a problem for decades, but beach closures have increased in recent years Environmental educators say the closures are hurting kids and ...