An international team of researchers has discovered that formaldehyde, a widely spread pollutant and common metabolite in our body, interferes in the epigenetic programming of the cell. This finding ...

This paper provides a critiquing overview of how island communities deal with environmental hazards and hazard drivers, including climate change. The key activity is disaster risk reduction including ...

Environmentalists have not failed to take note of the united, anti-environment front which the Republican Congress and Republican president are building in Washington. Displaying increasingly ...

To help San Diegans understand and better prepare for environmental threats like wildfires and flooding, the city of San Diego has developed the San Diego Hazard Dashboard. This new tool is accessible ...

A Greek-flagged oil tanker carrying 150,000 tons of crude oil poses an “environmental hazard” after it came under attack from projectiles and arms fire in the Red Sea. The 25-person crew of the ...

Marsha Jackson, whose backyard was next to Shingle Mountain, speaks during a City Plan Commission meeting at Dallas City Hall, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Dallas. The City Plan Commission could vote ...

In the 1960s, fiberglass was a boon to the boating industry. It's cheap and durable but has a limited lifespan. And getting rid of it is expensive. So boat owners across the country are abandoning ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) — On August 7, 2025, the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has for decades ignored its responsibility to enforce civil rights laws, as I argued last year in a First Opinion essay. Doing nothing to protect ...

The Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion, pictured on November 29, 2017 in the United Kingdom, has been one of dozens of ships targeted by the Houthis in the Red Sea. - David Mackinnon/AP A Greek-flagged ...