If the Illinois Climate and Equitable Jobs Act survives Trump’s promised legal challenge, Vistra and NRG plants would need to ...

The New Indy paper mill was cited in a recent report for releasing the most amounts of toxic mercury of any other paper plant ...

Environmental advocates are calling on Indiana to impose stricter pollution limits on BP's oil refinery in Whiting.

In an attempt to revive the nation’s coal industry, President Donald Trump encouraged companies to apply for exemptions from ...

The Dragonfly Mercury Project is studying dragonflies to determine amount of mercury in national park habitats. The project ...

Colorful, fast and acrobatic, dragonflies are a pretty sight when you spot them in nature. They're also invaluable indicators ...

Many power plants benefiting from exemptions rank among the nation’s worst polluters. The Trump administration says cheaper ...

The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with ...

This characteristic makes dragonflies invaluable indicators of mercury pollution. In an expansive study underway since 2011, the Dragonfly Mercury Project, a collaboration between the National ...

smog-forming nitrogen oxide and brain-damaging mercury. After Baldwin's owners kept the Randolph County plant running for years while skipping the installation of modern pollution controls ...

High up on the rocks and dry earth of Everest, a small plant is helping researchers monitor atmospheric mercury levels. About a decade ago, Ruoyu Sun from the Institute of Surface-Earth System ...