Environment

Signed into law Wednesday are programs designed to offer incentives to home and business owners and help the city advance its climate goals.

It wasn’t until a few years ago that researchers defined what really counts, to animals, as play.

Researchers are now calling for the world to cut back on its meat consumption. But some advocates say there is a way to eat meat that's better for the planet.

A new study published today in JAMA finds that long-term exposure to slightly elevated levels of air pollution is linked to accelerated development of lung damage.

For the fourth consecutive week, a Barnegat Bay beach in northern Long Beach Island is under a swimming advisory due to excessive fecal bacteria, officials said.

Dredging and beachfill operations are set to begin in a portion of Cape May this fall, officials announced. 

The longest-running public service campaign is tied to a reduction in wildfires, but in some ways, Smokey's message may have worked too well. Here's how he's changed.

Chester County DA Thomas Hogan says constables overstepped their bounds when patrolling a suburban development.

A new contract requires American Federation of Government Employees officials to vacate their offices in EPA headquarters across the country this week.

The Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery has started neutralizing and eliminating a highly toxic chemical still present at the site. It will take weeks.

Most scientists concur that climate change is causing more severe and more frequent storms –– and transit agencies like SEPTA are struggling to keep up.

The way we produce food and manage land must change radically if humans hope to avoid catastrophic global temperature rise, according to a new report.

New Jersey officials say dog waste is at least one source of ongoing water contamination at an Ocean County bay beach. 

For now, independent pipeline experts say the blast appears to have been caused by the relighting of a pilot light.

Tests revealing high levels of a harmful algal-like bacteria have prompted state and county officials to warn the public to avoid all contact with the Manasquan Reservoir.