Coal-burning power plants released more mercury last year, according to an analysis by The Times. It reverses a downward trend of emissions of a metal that interferes with brain development. Plant ...

What’s the difference between an air purifier and a dehumidifier? All of us struggle at times to maintain the perfect level of comfort within our own homes. If your home gets too humid and stuffy or ...

The Indiana 225 truss bridge over the Wabash River in Tippecanoe County remains closed as work begins on its rehabilitation, according to a community announcement. The Indiana Department of ...

Rainbow trout is a prized catch for fisherman on the Northern Cheyenne reservation, in the high plains of southeastern Montana. “The men in my family like to go fishing; they cook them right there ...

Exposure to mercury is dangerous. In adults, high levels of mercury can cause heart disease as well as severe damage to the brain and central nervous system. For fetuses and babies, it can cause ...

Folks, we’re almost out of the woods. On Friday, March 20, Mercury, our planet of the mind and mouth and the mischief that lives between, ends its retrograde. Mercury is the planet of communication, ...

Another year, another Mercury retrograde. The dreaded transit, which is known to cause communication and travel mishaps, returns for the first, but not last, time in 2026. Since this Mercury ...

This year, Mercury is going to moonwalk three times in the sky. The planet of communication will be retrograde in the water signs of Pisces, Cancer, and Scorpio—in that exact order. As you may know, ...

In an aerial view, the Mill Creek Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, is seen from the Valley Village neighborhood on February 14, 2026 in Louisville, Kentucky. Reporter The Environmental ...

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday weakened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants, the Trump administration’s latest effort to boost the fossil fuel ...

US President Donald Trump’s administration today rolled back another air-pollution protection, this time for one of the most toxic substances on earth: mercury. The action reverses then-President Joe ...