Millions of Americans in the Northeast are being advised to avoid strenuous physical activity outdoors due to unhealthy air ...

University of Rhode Island oceanographer Jaime Palter speaks out on what she thinks the impacts will be of cuts to federal ...

Air quality warnings spanning seven states on Tuesday are prompting advisories for millions of Americans to avoid outdoor exertion and indoor pollutants like candle. According to the Environmental ...

Nearly half of Americans depend on groundwater for their drinking water, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, and it's not just well water that is threatened.A city's water supply ...

The Rhode Island Department of Health is recommending closing Oakland Beach’s swimming area due to high bacteria counts in ...

Support for environmental programs is strong in Rhode Island As exhibit A, they point to the overwhelming support for the $53-million green bond issue that was on the Rhode Island ballot.

Last month, five Rhode Island environmental nonprofits jointly sued the federal government over grant freezes threatening a range of statewide environmental and economic development initiatives.

The Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gases from coal and gas-fired power plants in the United States, according to internal agency documents ...

Attorneys general from more than 20 states and Washington, D.C., filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging billions of ...

Hawaii is the most recent addition to the United States, becoming a state on Aug. 21, 1959. The state, comprised of eight islands, is known as a tourism paradise, and as the site of a Japanese ...

While officials representing Rhode Island's Department of Environmental Management say ... tells NBC 10 the agency is receiving ... Roughly 70 human cases have been reported in the United States.