Environmental Concerns

Defunct oil/gas wells and abandoned mines have long been lore-of-the-ore backstories in literally and figuratively shaping much of the U.S. landscape because, until recently, there was no comprehensive plan to plug ...

MANILA—China banned induction furnaces last year in a crackdown on polluting producers of low-quality steel, but the equipment ...

Peru declared a state of emergency in six provinces on Tuesday, after protests over a big Chinese copper ...

A London-based social entrepreneur shares his plan for empowering neglected communities.

In 1997, Canada restricted import and transfer of the gasoline additive MMT because it was a suspected neurotoxin ...

Bee populations have been rapidly declining since 2006, when many beekeepers reported an unusually large loss of bee ...

Air pollution from China is affecting the world’s weather. The findings are based on climate models and data ...

Canada has placed dead last among wealthy countries in an OECD ranking for environmental protection.

A quick snap-shot of climate change in India—the country that is struggling to strike a balance between its ...

Superfish: A genetically engineered salmon is on its way to approval for human consumption in the United States. ...