Coastal Restoration

Research out of Scotland suggests that the chopping, shredding and washing of plastic in recycling facilities may turn as much as six to 13 percent of incoming waste into microplastics—tiny, toxic particles that are an emerging and ubiquitous environmental health concern for the planet and people. A team of four researchers measured and analyzed microplastics […]

New research reveals dolphins struggle to communicate and work together as noise pollution increases.

Our state should be a leader on clean energy, not setting a defeatist timeline that would lock in fossil fuel pollution.

Sen. Henry Stern’s plan, which is still in development, focuses on four areas, including developing local clean energy generation and storage, cutting demand for natural gas, improving effici…

Wildfires blazed along the Arctic Circle this summer, incinerating tundra, blanketing Siberian cities in smoke and capping the second extraordinary fire season in a row. By the time the fire season…

Groundwater samples collected from irrigation, monitoring, and municipal supply wells near the Oxnard Oil Field were analyzed for chemical and isotopi…

In the closing months of Trump term, energy companies stockpiled enough drilling permits for western public lands to keep pumping oil for years.

A state district judge sent critical air permits for a $9.4 billion Formosa Plastics complex back to state environmental regulators so they can take a closer look at the St.

A new generation of scientists have uncovered barrels containing DDT, a toxic pesticide banned decades ago, dumped into the deep ocean.

Russian investigators said Saturday they were looking into “a possible ecological catastrophe” in the eastern Kamchatka region.

The North Complex fire has been burning for nearly a month, killing at least 12 people. Now, gusty winds are expected to complicate firefighting efforts.

Dolphins and porpoises have been washing up dead on the shores of the Black Sea in unusually high numbers – scientists say they are casualties of the war in Ukraine.

An increase in air-quality monitoring may result from a grand jury report on idle wells in Santa Barbara County.

Rising energy prices, along with cost cutting, helped secure the soaring result at Europe’s largest energy company.

In the first and second quarters of 2021, traffic at the Port of Los Angeles was up almost 60 percent and 55 percent, respectively, according to data from the port.

A nitrogen leak killed six workers and injured 11, but many in the heavily undocumented work force, advocates said, are too fearful to go in for medical checks.

Whales’ blowholes aren’t as protective as scientists had thought. They not only can let in water but also pollutants.

The coronavirus outbreak has indelibly imprinted itself on life in Los Angeles — down to the composition of trash washing up on its beaches.

Air quality officials said the high pollution readings were a result of intense heat combined with stagnant weather conditions.

Catastrophic wildfires are spewing smoke all over the West Coast. This website lets you track the respiratory crisis in real time—with a few caveats.