Environmental Pollution

Marketers are often running digital ads on websites that provide relatively low returns on their investment but generate comparatively high carbon emissions, a new study said.Roughly 15% of…

AT THEIR MOST BASIC, dehumidifiers, humidifiers and air purifiers might seem like relatively similar devices. All are boxy, sometimes expensive appliances that help correct issues with your…

California’s attorney general is investigating Exxon XOM 3.02% Mobil Corp. and other fossil-fuel and petrochemical…

Companies are facing more stringent environmental, social and governance requirements leading into proxy season.The Securities and Exchange Commission recently proposed new rules that would…

Covering 70% of the Earth’s surface, the ocean already acts as a giant carbon sink, removing about a quarter of the carbon dioxide produced each year by human activity, scientists estimate.…

Covering 70% of the Earth’s surface, the ocean already acts as a giant carbon sink, removing about a quarter of the carbon dioxide produced each year by human activity, scientists estimate.…

Panasonic Corp. PCRFY -0.85% got its highest-emitting Chinese factory to “virtually net zero” carbon dioxide. It took six years, showing…

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday moved to restore a federal determination that allowed it to regulate mercury, lead and other toxic metals from coal-fired…

Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM 1.68% said it has set a goal to reduce or offset greenhouse-gas emissions from its operations to zero by 2050, as…

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration raised fuel-efficiency standards for passenger cars and light-duty trucks, part of a bid to mitigate climate change and nudge the auto industry toward…