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Parter Medical Products was fined more than $800,000 for exposing its workers to dangerously high levels of the carcinogen ethylene oxide.
The closure of one of the nation's most toxic medical equipment sterilization facilities will reduce residents' exposure to carcinogenic ethylene oxide.
Coastal populations will get older — and more fragile — as young people flee rising seas, according to new academic research.
The grim milestone arrives as rampant flooding hits the Northeastern U.S., India, and Japan.
Ohio governor calls on Congress to investigate how that could happen.
Land for large solar arrays is limited on the island. Rooftop panels can provide electricity during blackouts and bring the island closer to its clean energy goals.
Washington’s Yakama Nation received both the grant and a $100 million federal loan. Held up by a series of bureaucratic hurdles, the funding could expire before the government lets the tribal nation touch a dime.
New changes “ended up making the program less focused on people of color than it originally was,” one advocate said.
A COP28 proposal to eat less meat would come amid a right-wing backlash against alternatives.
