Environment & Health

Several communities in upstate New York and New England have detected perfluorooctanoic acid in their drinking water.

It appears that political feasibility for national health insurance may finally be approaching a time of acceptance.

The Colorado Oil and Gas Association is hailing the decisions as “a win for the energy industry.”

We are witnessing one of the most rapid periods of climate disruption in Earth's history.

The US agency responsible for interstate pipelines recorded problems with the construction.

In today's On the News segment: Americans waste enough food to end world hunger; in Florida, a new community is being designed to exist in harmony with the environment; …

Thanks to innovations in solar-powered hydroponics, access to fresh, healthy, delicious food is closer than ever.

Global temperatures keep rising as human-caused climate disruption continues to break records and shock scientists.

For the benefit of those parts of the world where public acceptance of biotechnology is incomplete, a public relations blitz is at full tilt.

These households are often paying more than they should be for energy because they are more likely to live in inefficient buildings.