Many of the borough's beaches are secluded and lack lifeguards. For many visitors, that’s key to their appeal.

The US Virgin Islands says a plastic waste crisis has become "overwhelming" to manage and has filed a lawsuit against ...

The Lawrence Aviation site in Port Jefferson Station has been cleaned up, paving the way for future development projects.

Water supplies across a wealthy Massachusetts island have been plagued with toxic 'forever chemicals' that cause a slew of ...

The exclusive Indian Creek Island in Miami Beach, also known as the “Billionaire Bunker,” has been the home of numerous ...

The team found high levels of the material in alligators from Okefenokee Swamp, Jekyll Island, and Yawkey Wildlife Center ... burning of municipal and medical waste, and from factories that use ...

Environmental group sues Brunner Island power plant owner over ‘toxic waste’ pollution Updated: Apr. 03, 2025, 5:11 a.m. | Published: Apr. 03, 2025, 5:10 a.m.

Alaska Natives Want the Military to Finally Clean Up Its Toxic Waste “We are very patriotic,” but “we feel that they have turned their back on us.” Anita Hofschneider Bio ...

In June 1942, Japan’s invasion of the Aleutian islands in Alaska prompted the U.S. military to activate the Alaska territorial guard, an Army reserve made up of volunteers who wanted to help ...

Fishermen like Crispin receive a payment for helping in the clean-up initiative to make up for his loss of income. The drive to clean up 80 tonnes of waste suffocating the shores of Pombeba is led ...

The tiny island is a magnet for waste in Guanabara Bay -- the site of one of the world's most postcard-perfect views and a graveyard of failed plans to clean up its toxic waters, which are flooded ...

When the November storms unleashed their fury on the Indonesian island of Batam, Dewi Puspalani and her 70-year-old mother-in-law, Mayuteh, scrambled to salvage what they could.