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Earth Day happens every year on April 22. There are many ways that you can celebrate the occasion with activities that both honor and protect the planet. Below are a handful of ways you and the whole family can mark the annual occasion and also, continue appreciating planet Earth throughout the year. 5 QUICK EARTH DAY FACTS YOU MIGHT NOT …

Earth Day is one of the most popular and widespread nonreligious holidays in the world. Although the event was primarily based in the United States, by 2009 the coordinators for Earth Day helped gain recognition from the United Nations. Earth Day has played a key role in passing essential laws that protect wildlife and the environment, such as the Clean …

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated two forever chemicals that have been used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances, an action intended to ensure quicker cleanup of the toxic compounds and require industries and others responsible for contamination to pay for its removal. Designation as a hazardous substance under the Superfund law doesn’t ban the chemicals, …

California regulators voted Wednesday to establish a drinking water limit on hexavalent chromium, a toxic chemical compound made infamous by the movie “Erin Brockovich.” The rule is the first in the nation to specifically target the heavy metal, known as chromium-6, and is expected to reduce the number of cancer and kidney disease cases from long-term ingestion, state officials say. …

Texas farm groups warn of a disastrous season ahead for citrus and sugar as Mexican and U.S. officials try to resolve a dispute over a decades-old water treaty that supplies U.S. farmers with critical irrigation. The neighboring countries have tussled over the 1944 treaty before, but the current drought-driven water shortages are the most severe in nearly 30 years and …

The risk of having potentially harmful chemicals in your drinking water may depend on your zip code. A study published in the journal Nature Geoscience on April 8 found that higher amounts of PFAS (perfluoroalkyl substances) were found in drinking water in certain parts of the U.S. PFAS — also known as “forever chemicals” due to how slowly they break …

California might step in to regulate groundwater use in part of the crop-rich San Joaquin Valley, which would be a first-of-its-kind move that comes a decade after lawmakers tasked local communities with carefully managing the precious but often overused resource. At issue is control over a farming-dependent area where state officials say local water agencies haven’t come up with a …

Residents of a small Russian city were startled after a small river suddenly turned bright green recently, according to local reports. Locals are calling for tests amid toxic pollution fears in the waterway in Penza, located 400 miles southeast of Moscow. “A poisonous green creek on Gagarin Street worries residents of Penza,” the Mash media outlet reported. “The local administration …

Wisconsin Republicans on Tuesday planned to ignore the latest call from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to spend $125 million to combat so-called forever chemicals. Evers invoked a rarely used power and called a meeting of the Republican-led Legislature’s budget committee, urging it to release the funding that was previously approved in the state budget. But Republican co-chairs of the Joint …

On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized limits on certain common types of PFAS chemicals in drinking water. It is the first time a nationwide limit on so-called forever chemicals has been imposed on water providers. EPA Administrator Michael Regan called it the biggest action the agency has ever taken on PFAS, saying the rule will reduce exposure for 100 …