This city of almost 300,000 people, 80 miles north of Zambia's capital of Lusaka, was identified by a 2022 U.N. report as a "sacrifice zone" — one of the most polluted places on the planet.

Meeman Award for Environmental Reporting. According to a 2013 report by Pure Earth, a nonprofit organization that tackles pollution in communities worldwide, more than 200 million people living ...

and we hope this exhibit inspires meaningful action during Earth Month and beyond. The Tower of Reality is a powerful art installation created to highlight the pressing issue of plastic pollution ...

The Earth Day poster tradition began in 1970 with the iconic design by Robert Rauschenberg, which featured a bald eagle flanked by images of endangered species, deforestation, and pollution ...

South Carolinians can breathe a little easier on Earth Day this year with the knowledge that their state is one of the least polluted, according to a new report at least. The annual Earth Day ...

(Tommy Trenchard for NPR) Sitting in his garden in Chowa township, one of the most polluted areas in Kabwe ... Thirty years after the mine's closure, the earth remains heavily contaminated ...