The White House on Monday announced a new plan to combat pollution from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), chemicals that can cause severe health problems and linger in the environment after being released.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has "Rickrolled" an audience, all in the name of climate activism.

We're toward the end of our interview time when actor Brian Cox, in describing his character's few but strong loyalties on HBO's "Succession," raises his voice to the level most people only hear through the television.

Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Lake Mead in Nevada on Monday to make the case for Congress to fund "the largest investment in climate resilience in US history" by passing President Joe Biden's sweeping economic agenda, according to a …

With two weeks remaining in the historic 2008 presidential race, Colin Powell delivered a surprise announcement: He endorsed Democratic candidate Barack Obama and offered words of regret to his old friend, John McCain.

Democratic Rep. David Price of North Carolina announced on Monday that he will not seek reelection in 2022.

Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, has died from complications from …

Mayor Sylvester Turner has selected Mark C. Wilfalk as the new Director of the Solid Waste Management Department. Wilfalk, who has nearly three decades of experience in solid waste resource and environmental management, will join the City of Houston from …

Texas' six-week abortion ban is likely to stay in force at least for a few more days, if not longer, with a federal appeals court signaling Tuesday that the end of the week would be the earliest it would take …