Indigenous communities from North America are at talks on a global treaty on plastic pollution in Geneva, pleading the case ...

Northern Minnesota's waters and wetlands offer ideal conditions for toxic mercury to thrive. It's a decadeslong problem ...

Talks last year in South Korea were supposed to be the final round, but they adjourned in December at an impasse over cutting ...

Environmental Protection Ministry says elderly, pregnant women, children, and any other sensitive people should avoid ...

Advocacy groups are mobilizing. Members of Congress reprimand EPA after new policy could put Americans at risk of mercury ...

Trump order gives Minnesota taconite plants more time to cut mercury pollution The White House has indicated it intends to roll back the mercury rule entirely ...

Mumbai: Despite proven benefits of flue gas desulfurization (FGD) in reducing toxic sulfur dioxide (SO₂), PM2.5, and mercury ...

Countries were to start the clock Tuesday on 10 days of talks aimed at hammering out a landmark global treaty on combating the scourge of plastic pollution.

"The days of shackling America's oil, gas, and coal companies are over," said Environmental Pollution Agency spokesperson Melinda McFossilShill. "The Trump administration stands for freedom, and that ...

Community and environmental justice advocates from all across the state gathered in Lansing on Tuesday as lawmakers from the ...

Pew said when the rule was adopted last year, taconite plants were given until 2027 to meet the mercury reduction targets so they had time to install pollution controls.

Taconite plants on Minnesota’s Iron Range will now get two extra years to comply with a rule that would have forced them to cut how much mercury they release into ...