Environment

Coho salmon born in captivity are less likely to survive than those born in the wild, and scientists think captivity may be to blame.

Other proposals include multiple smaller flood barriers, flood walls, berms, and levees.

Ruling: Agency's pipeline approvals not linked to its funding

While beach towns in N.J. and Del. work to curb the use of plastic straws, bags, containers, and even balloons, researchers say it appears the real problem lies upstream.

WNYC’s Matt Katz joins us to talk about how ...

For many people with disabilities, going without plastic straws can be a matter of life or death.

The dangerous and invasive clinging jellyfish continue to head south along the Barnegat Bay in Ocean County, a marine biologist says.

Clean energy advocates and environmental officials say bringing solar farms to Pennsylvania needs to happen if the state wants to significantly boost its energy from the sun.

Starbucks announced on Monday it plans to eliminate plastic straws from its 28,000 stores worldwide by 2020.

Vieques has long been a hard place to stay for locals, but a good place for visitors. Now, nine months after Hurricane Maria, that dynamic is even more at play.

In the very same pair of tweets announcing Pruitt's departure, President Trump named the man who would be taking his place — for now, at least: Andrew Wheeler.

For the fourth consecutive summer season, a Portuguese man-of-war has been found on a New Jersey beach.

Environmentalists and lawmakers from both parties welcomed the resignation Thursday of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.