The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday weakened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants.

But the lawsuit, filed last Friday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office, could shield the petrochemical giant from harsher litigation from a local citizen group.

A private company in Epping wants to process trash — including from out of state. Seacoast towns and environmental groups are ...

The MP representing Balcombe, site of a controversial oil well in West Sussex, has asked the government how water supplies could be affected by the onshore industry.

Public submissions on the draft hydraulic fracturing regulations closed on Friday, 13 February.

This lack of local authority highlights an unfair discrepancy in Ohio, according to legal experts and clean energy advocates: While state law allows counties, townships, and disgruntled residents’ ...

Decades of fracking has polluted the area around Dallas-Fort Worth with millions of tons of radioactive sludge.

Oklahoma oil companies left behind tens of thousands of unplugged wells that belch greenhouse gases and allow industrial waste to spread belowground.

Lack of a state floodplain policy in Texas enabled oil companies to build in areas hit by an epic inundation less than 30 years ago.

Amazon wants to discharge used data center water into a major waterway in Pennsylvania, sparking concern from locals.

Industry and regulators knew decades ago that injecting drilling’s toxic liquid leftovers underground wasn’t safe.

The chemical, used in solvents, degreasers and some consumer products, is a likely carcinogen that can harm the liver and kidneys.