In today’s world, where concerns about the environment are growing, the work of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is more critical than ever. The EPA’s mission to regulate and control ...

Rivers have relatively less protection than do land or oceans and we lack effective mechanisms for measuring protection. A new study offers an improved mechanism for tracking progress.

Newtown's Nettleton Preserve is near a property under consideration for a large housing development. Credit: Davis Dunavin / WSHU News This is the third of a five-part series exploring issues ...

Historically, trade agreements have focused on reducing barriers to trade—such as tariffs and quotas—while encouraging economic integration and growth. Environmental protection was often considered a ...

TALLAHASSEE — Describing the case as having "exceptional importance," the Florida Department of Environmental Protection this week argued a federal appeals court should overturn decisions that ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is investing over $17 million for 89 projects across the state that will restore streams, improve fish and wildlife habitats and reclaim mine ...

The Maldives government has ignored or undermined environmental protection laws, increasing flooding risks and other harm to island communities. Maldives authorities have failed to heed mitigation ...

The Environment Protection Act, 1986 was enacted under Article 253 of the Indian Constitution, which empowers Parliament to make laws for implementing international agreements on the decisions made at ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection officially has a new leader. The Senate confirmed Jessica Shirley as secretary of DEP via a bipartisan vote. “Secretary ...