Environment

City departments in Philadelphia are urged to allow employees who can work indoors to do so. Public pools will also be closed for the day.

Solvay Specialty Polymers will pay New Jersey $393 million as part of a settlement to clean up PFAS contamination near West Deptford site.

Scientists say worsening heat waves have a clear link to climate change. This year, a seasonal El Niño pattern will also be adding fuel to the fire.

The measure initially failed to gather enough support in the Senate but won one additional vote in a subsequent try — just enough to pass it.

Wildfires continue to rage across Canada, with hundreds burning and more than half out of control.

“Food waste from our rec centers becomes high-quality compost, adding valuable nutrients back into city soils,” one official said.

Thousands of air travelers faced flight cancellations and delays this weekend and Monday as thunderstorms rolled in across the U.S. East Coast and Midwest.

Fishing grounds are being closed, but new technology could help avoid that.

Pennsylvania is reaching for billions in federal dollars to build hydrogen hubs. Lawmakers and environmentalists fear the state isn’t prepared to take on oversight duties.

Projects addressing heat, flooding, air pollution, litter, food insecurity, or other issues could be eligible.

States that draw water from the river — Arizona, Nevada, and Colorado — had urged the court to decide for them, which the justices did in a 5-4 ruling.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it would reinstate a decades-old regulation that mandates blanket protections for species newly classified as threatened.

Net zero by 2050 is the national goal. Can we achieve this? And what needs to change to stay on track? Also, we talk to the engineer who helped to refill I-95.

The offshore project is New Jersey's first, and a U.S. subsidiary of Danish wind developer Orsted could begin construction this year if remaining approvals are obtained.

The legislation would direct DNREC to evaluate the potential benefits and roadblocks of offshore wind.