Last May, an air monitor on the border of the East Coast’s largest oil refinery recorded a level of benzene, a cancer-causing gas, more than 21 times the federal limit, NBC News reported.

In a dramatic rollback of environmental oversight, President Donald Trump took action Thursday to clear the way and speed up development of a wide range of commercial projects by cutting back federal review of their impact on the environment. Trump’s proposal calls for greatly narrowing the scope of the half-century-old National Environmental Policy Act, which was signed by President Richard...

State regulators and local governments in northern Illinois have removed more than 600 tons of dumped tires.

Residents in a western suburb claim their clothes and appliances are getting ruined by an ongoing water issue. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey explains.

Concerned residents in west suburban Western Springs said their clothing, bathroom fixtures and appliances are getting ruined by an ongoing municipal water issue.

Throughout the Chicago-area, families are sharing their stories of how the government shutdown is impacting them, and for one furloughed EPA worker and her family, things have been a challenge without a steady paycheck coming in.

One household is dealing with twice the stress of the government shutdown — both husband and wife work for the federal government. NBC 5 Chicago’s Charlie Wojciechowski shares their story.

The Environmental Protection Agency hit a 30-year low in 2018 in the number of pollution cases it referred for criminal prosecution, Justice Department data show. EPA said in a statement that it is directing “its resources to the most significant and impactful cases.” But the 166 cases referred for prosecution in the last fiscal year is the lowest number since...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Cathy Stepp wore a fake nose and sunglasses to try to help her daughter pass a 2011 Wisconsin driving test after she failed her initial attempt.

A study that measures the human toll of air pollution from global manufacturing and trade shows how buying goods made far away can lead to premature deaths both there and close to home. More than 750,000 people die prematurely from dirty air every year that is generated by making goods in one location that will be sold elsewhere, about one-fifth...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at overturning environmental regulations and reviving the coal industry. Trump also railed against a so-called “War on Coal” as well as general federal regulations in his speech prior to signing the order, promising to strike down regulations in every industry by the “thousands.”

While serving as Oklahoma’s attorney general, new Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt coordinated closely with fossil-fuel companies and special interest groups working to undermine federal efforts to curb planet-warming carbon emissions, newly released emails show....
More than 7,500 pages were released under court order Tuesday evening after an Oklahoma judge ruled that Pruitt had been illegally withholding his correspondence, which...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at overturning environmental regulations and reviving the coal industry. Trump also railed against a so-called “War on Coal” as well as general federal regulations in his speech prior to signing the order, promising to strike down regulations in every industry by the “thousands.”

Parks across Chicago have caused a noticeable stink in the city’s efforts to keep the grass green.

A pair of environmental groups have launched ad campaigns against Sen. Mark Kirk for his opposition to an amendment to a public health and clean air bill in Congress.