Environment

A southern Ocean County municipality is the latest to adopt a plastic bag ban at the Jersey Shore.

New analyses show it's likely more people than previously reported have been exposed to PFAs

The dense network of cables that make up the internet is likely to be inundated with saltwater as sea levels rise, a new analysis suggests.

State leaders and residents spoke out against the EPA’s denial of Delaware’s petition to reduce air pollution coming into Delaware from other states.

A drone flight and a lingering dry spell have exposed a previously unknown monument in Ireland's Boyne Valley, forgotten for thousands of years and long covered by crops.

In the U.S., children under the age of 18 are legally barred from purchasing cigarettes or other tobacco products. But they are allowed to harvest tobacco on farms.

Lawmakers in the Dail advanced a bill requiring the Irish government's more than $10 billion national investment fund to sell off stakes in coal, oil, gas and peat.

The report found Puerto Rico's emergency-supply warehouses were nearly empty when Hurricane Maria hit in October, without things like cots or tarps.

As part of a beach fill and dune construction project along the northern Ocean County coast, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began dredging and pumping sand on Ortley Beach.

It’s often a bad idea to take plants across state lines with the intent to commit horticulture. On the latest You Bet Your Garden ...

The population growth suggests an overall improvement in the region’s ecological health.

An environmental group said public health in New Jersey is at risk from air pollution. Environment New Jersey director Doug O’Ma ...

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