The consequences of the Trump administration firing thousands of environmental employees from the federal government could ...

That included the revoking of Executive Order 12898, President Bill Clinton’s landmark order establishing federal actions to address environmental justice in minority and low-income populations ...

Staffers with the Office of Environmental Justice were informed their department is expecting a notice that the office is closing or they are being placed on leave as early as Thursday.

To avoid this confusion buyers are entitled to request copies of any environmental reports completed to determine if there is any asbestos or hazardous materials that require abatement. Asbestos is a ...

More information: Leslie Sanchez et al, Multi-hazard risk in socially vulnerable communities across the United States, Environmental Research Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad9ec7 Journal ...

In addition to the risks of exposure to infectious materials and hazardous chemicals, environmental hazards include noise, fire incidents, chemical spills, adverse events of equipment malfunction, and ...

Definition: Moral hazard is a situation in which one party gets involved in a risky event knowing that it is protected against the risk and the other party will incur the cost. It arises when both the ...

The oil spill response industry is adaptable, he said, meaning responders work in all kinds of weather and environmental conditions. Oil might not spread as far if it's trapped in ice, but ice ...

Billions of people worldwide have no effective way to track their air quality, which can prove to be a deadly environmental hazard. Billions of people are impacted by air pollution, and a lack of ...

Clinton’s Executive Order 12898, signed in February 1994, required federal agencies to analyze environmental and public health hazards in minority or low-income communities and to avoid adding ...