Environment

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

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.