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New York City has a well known rat problem. And the city is trying to tackle it — with trash cans and by changing human behavior.

America is dotted with old oil wells that are no longer producing, but have never been plugged. In a prairie in Oklahoma, between bison and brush fires, a pipe sticking out from the ground is one tiny part of a big national problem.

The plight of the river, which empties into Lake Erie at Cleveland, helped inspire the Clean Water Act. Now it attracts kayakers and anglers and could soon be removed from an EPA watchlist.

Negotiations over a U.N. treaty to cut plastics have been bogged down. Environmental groups blame the oil and gas industry.

The EPA does not require companies to notify federal regulators if the pandemic interferes with pollution monitoring or reporting. That leaves states alone on the front lines of pollution control.

The Ecosystems Mission Area helps researchers track everything from birds and bees to floods and fires. Trump wants to cut it by about 90%, gutting a key federal ecological program.

Proposed legislation would allow the National Flood Insurance Program to fund dismantling or relocating at-risk coastal structures.

An NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew it would never work on a large scale.

It used to be easy to buy a light bulb. But the transition to more energy-efficient lighting means choosing from an array of products. We help you navigate the world of the 21st century light bulb.

It is the second-most common reason women are in jail in Senegal.