Environment

The EPA proposed limiting the amount of harmful “forever chemicals" in drinking water to the lowest level that tests can detect, a long-awaited protection the agency said will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses, including cancer.

Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanos, erupted from September 2021 to last December.

Earthquake activity is occurring at the volcanoes about every minute or two, researchers say.

Tanaga Volcano in Alaska has not erupted in over a century.

Federal investigators have announced a special investigation into railroad Norfolk Southern.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says Norfolk Southern will pay millions of dollars to cover the cost of the response and recovery in Pennsylvania after a derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals across the border in Ohio.

Officials confirmed Sunday afternoon that no hazardous materials were involved in the derailment.

"I was right there and I was playing on my phone and then I heard a loud bang. And when I heard the loud bang, I started recording," Shawn Heaton said. "When I heard the bang, there was all kinds of debris and metal shoot out from under the cars and that's when I started recording and you could see them start jumping off the tracks."

Environmental experts estimate there are about 130 hippos in Colombia.

Water providers are preparing for tough standards and testing that will undoubtedly reveal harmful "forever chemicals" in communities that don’t yet know the chemicals are in their water.

More carbon dioxide was emitted last year than in any other year on records dating to 1900, a result of air travel rebounding and more cities turning to coal as a low-cost source of power.

It was the first national park in the United States and, to most people around the world, the first known on the planet.

A propane tanker carrying thousands of gallons of fuel toppled over in Manatee County, along with several other cars. Officials are now trying to determine the safest clean-up route.

Video recorded in San Nicolas de los Ranchos, Mexico, showed the exact moment the volcano exploded just after 10:30 p.m. on Friday.

“Target the big ones — they have the most meat,” Lee Kay, a grounds supervisor at Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, said.

The toxic waste still at the site of the East Palestine train derailment will begin shipping this week to two approved sites in Ohio.

"You're going to be told it's safe, you're going to be told not to worry," Brockovich said. "That's just rubbish."