Environment

Hyattsville neighbors said they have grown tired of the lack of information from CSX about the derailment and the inconvenient road closures along Baltimore Avenue. 

Neighbors say they are fed up with the inconvenient road closures as questions swirl about the clean up. News4’s Walter Morris asks local leaders what is taking so long.

Montgomery County students learn about the importance of keeping the Chesapeake Bay clean at this three-day camp.

An outdoor education program hosted by YMCA Camp Letts teaches Montgomery County students about the importance of conserving the Chesapeake Bay. News4’s Megan McGrath reports.

In a remote, dry patch of California farm country, a battle is raging over carrots. Or rather, over the groundwater where they’re growing northwest of Los Angeles.

The heat is about to be turned up on fossil fuels, the United States and President Joe Biden.

Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh completed the trek to raise awareness of the need for clean rivers.

Federal research linking “forever chemicals” to testicular cancer confirms what U.S. military personnel long suspected. But as they seek testing for PFAS exposure, many wonder what to do with the results. There’s no medical treatment yet.

Some paper and bamboo straws contain so-called “forever chemicals” that could make them a less-than-ideal alternative to plastic, researchers have found.

Japan’s tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has begun releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean.

Florida’s coral reefs are getting hit the hardest by marine heatwaves right now, but conditions are ripe for a global coral bleaching event, NOAA says.

The Biden administration is rejecting a plea from environmentalists to toughen regulation of large livestock farms that release manure and other pollutants into waterways.

A Montana judge ruled Monday that citizens have a constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment.

Officials in Maui are warning residents that it remains too early to return to some parts of the island where firefighters have extinguished flames.

The invasive spotted lanternfly has been spotted in more areas of Fairfax County, Virginia, recently, and officials are advising people how to kill the pests that feast on dozens of plant species.

Now that July’s sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organization made it official: July 2023 was Earth’s hottest month on record by a wide margin.

The Committee for a Better Environment partnered with the College Park Arts Exchange to create murals about keeping drains to the Anacostia River and Chesapeake Bay clean. News4 Community Reporter Molette Green reports.

Hammerhead flatworms — an invasive pest that looks like a cross between a hammerhead shark and a leech — have been spotted in the Washington, D.C., area and across the United States.

Hammerhead flatworms are an invasive species that are destroying earthworm populations across the U.S. Here’s everything you want to know about the pest and what you should do when you find one.

A trail camera caught a rare ocelot sighting in Arizona, where the endangered big cat has only been spotted a handful of times over the last decade.