Researchers have exploited bacteria they found in sewage plants to detoxify tetrachloroethene, a common chemical used to ...

UNC-Chapel Hill has withdrawn its application to burn pellets made of paper and plastic scraps instead of coal in its power ...

Microplastics are floating in the air around us, surging through rivers and streams and burrowing deep into soils. And now, a ...

A trial to decide Australian mining giant BHP's liability for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters concluded in ...

Mark Stuart Kierstead, 80, of Waterville, died on Feb. 27, 2025, after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. He ...

A hauntingly nostalgic ode to youth, literature, and the sleepless nights that shaped a secret brotherhood bound by ink, coffee, and the restless pursuit of meaning ...

The dream to turn waste into new ‘gold’ has remained unrealised, leaving the country grappling with huge waste, environmental ...

The Johnson County Commissioners Court instituted a burn ban on Monday, which takes effect Friday through June 12 unless otherwise rescinded. The order prohibits the burning, dispensing, emitting, ...

Harry Markowitz, an early pioneer of modern portfolio theory, observed that, “ Diversification is the only free lunch in ...