Welcome to today’s edition of Boiling Point. I’m Ian James, a reporter on The Times climate and environment team, filling in for my colleague Sammy Roth. As the burning of fossil fuels and other human ...
At its peak concentration levels, the air wafting through the Tijuana River Valley contains thousands of times the typical rate of hydrogen sulfide found in an urban neighborhood, a new study in the ...
A new study highlights how a combination of environmental stressors -- namely plastic pollution and seawater flooding -- can increase the threats faced by plants in some of the planet's critical ...
The unusual construction project in northeast Minneapolis in 2020 was billed by city officials as an environmental win. Newly built rain gardens in the Hoyer Heights neighborhood would help prevent ...
Road salt is damaging our drinking water and endangering our health. Recent assessments by the Adirondack Road Salt Reduction task force, and the Salinity Management assessment by the NYC Department ...
The future of water pollution regulation in Pennsylvania is murky following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that narrowed the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority. In a 5-4 ruling earlier this ...
A leaked submission prepared by a New Zealand government department raising serious concerns about the risk of water pollution to a Hawke’s Bay river has been suppressed by the government, the New ...