The deadline for the public comment period described in this Forefront article was extended by the EPA from September 15 to September 22. The text has been updated below. We argue below that ignoring ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. When the Environmental Protection Agency was formed in 1970, its ...

The EPA on Monday announced the permanent head of a new science office created by the Trump administration that replaced the ...

Human rights and the rights of nature are the two missing links in the international community’s efforts aimed at achieving ...

Air pollution from industrial facilities is a major source of ill health for people, especially the poor and working class who are forced to live in their vicinity. A prime example is what is known as ...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Friday that it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff by thousands of employees. The agency's Office of Research and ...

Astrid Puentes’s journey from Bogotá to the UN is shaped by a deep awareness of how environmental harm often mirrors social injustice. Early in her legal career, she confronted cases where pollution ...

Pollution causes more illness and early death than any other environmental threat, accounting for one in six deaths worldwide. For decades, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of ...

Microplastics pose risks that science and monitoring tools aren’t equipped to fully capture, which could produce ...

Israeli attacks on four oil depots around Tehran on March 7, 2026 may cause long-term health and environmental harm for ...

Sunscreens have become an important part of people’s sun management routine, protecting skin from harmful solar UV radiation. But many of these products contain chemicals that can be harmful to ...