Alternatives to traditional plastics made of fossil fuels are seen by some as one of many solutions needed to confront global plastic pollution.

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico Environment Department has proposed a new rule aimed at cutting down on pollution from ...

Food waste is a major source of methane pollution when it decomposes in landfills without oxygen. Turning scraps into compost ...

Peatlands store roughly one-quarter of global soil carbon, yet decades of drainage for agriculture have turned many into major carbon sources. Rewetting these lands restores their carbon-storing ...

Oil and gas companies emit thousands of metric tons of methane each year on the Navajo Nation. A new animated video by the ...

Methane is an especially potent greenhouse gas, causing much more warming than carbon dioxide on a unit-for-unit basis—and a new, uniquely long-term study of emissions at a New Jersey landfill ...

Energy sources are ranked from failed ideas like hamster wheels and dirty fossil fuels to cleaner options like wind, hydro, geothermal, solar, nuclear and fusion. Coal and oil fall hard because of ...

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New regulations to reduce methane emissions from new and existing oil and gas operations across Pennsylvania, including requirements to detect and repair leaks and phase out routine venting and ...

Brevard County tests new method to reduce lagoon pollution Brevard County is testing a new approach to improving water quality in the Indian River Lagoon by covering nutrient-rich muck with clean sand ...

The state of Pennsylvania is working to develop new regulations to reduce methane emissions from new and existing oil and gas operations in the state. Plans include requirements to detect and repair ...

A greenhouse gas initiative is getting further attention from the Shapiro Administration. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Department of Environmental Protection announced Friday that it will develop new ...