To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common sense to first get a detailed picture of who they are and where they are. My research shows what can be gained – by policymakers and the broader public – from detailed environmental data and highlights what is lost when it’s not collected.

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LOS ANGELES — For the next five years, the Environmental Protection Agency has indicated it will not require public water utilities to test for microplastics or pharmaceuticals in drinking water, according to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register.

On Friday, the EPA submitted a list of chemicals it plans to test for under the ...Read more

As the roar of a helicopter intensified, an unusual sight came into view: Suspended beneath the aircraft was a bighorn sheep. As soon as it reached the ground, a team of veterinarians and wildlife biologists moved in with practiced precision.

Monday was the second day of an effort led by the Nevada Department of Wildlife to relocate 39 sheep in...Read more

A SpaceX launch Sunday night sent up a Sirius XM satellite under a nearly full moon, capping off the final launch planned from Florida in the first half of the year.

A Falcon 9 rocket on the SiriusXM SXM-11 mission headed to geosynchronous transfer orbit lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 10:25 p.m...Read more

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A crowd of North End beachgoers hurried to the water’s edge at 47th Street on Thursday afternoon as an aquarium team released a rehabilitated loggerhead turtle.

Wearing blue shirts and gloves, two team members lifted the animal out of a plastic bin they had carried to the shoreline. They lowered it onto the wet sand ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — A suite of habitat restoration goals on a federal wildlife refuge offshore Pinellas County promised big benefits for human and animal residents alike:

More eastern oyster reefs to clean Tampa Bay’s water and curb erosion; more marsh grasses to soften storm surge and give shelter for nesting birds; more hardened shorelines for ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Qualcomm agreed to acquire AI software startup Modular in an all-stock deal valued at $3.92 billion, the San Diego chipmaker said Wednesday during its Investor Day, as it works to expand beyond smartphone chips into data center and AI markets.

Equity holders of Modular will receive up to 19.2 million newly issued Qualcomm common ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — In lieu of statewide regulations, a growing number of Illinois cities and counties are telling data centers to come back later or adhere to new regulations.

In Aurora, what began as a 180-day moratorium ended with city officials bringing the regulatory hammer down on data centers after many community members complained ...Read more

Across the United States, the sky will be erupting with fireworks on July 4, 2026, and the days around it as America celebrates the 250th anniversary of its independence. Many cities will be hosting spectacular fireworks shows.

But not everyone will be leaving the pyrotechnics to the professionals, so let’s talk about the risk of ...Read more

Microsoft Corp. shares are heading for their worst month in years as investors continue to fret about how the software giant will fare in a world marked by artificial intelligence.

The stock at one point fell more than 20% in June, which would have represented its worst monthly showing since December 2000, although a two-day gain has helped it ...Read more

The United States is fast approaching an inflection point in energy policy. Artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, cloud computing and advanced defense systems are driving electricity demand at a level that the existing grid cannot reliably meet. The next generation of data centers will require ever more constant large-scale power ...Read more

A controversial 8-foot fence erected by a billionaire ranch owner on long stretches of his property’s perimeter is harming wildlife and degrading habitat across a vast valley in southern Colorado, according to a report by wildlife experts made public this month.

The report by two environmental consulting firms — one chosen by the ranch’s ...Read more

Tree swallows at a Great Lakes bird observatory are shrinking, a troubling finding that University of Michigan researchers said is tied to crashing insect populations in the region and world.

Tree swallows are small songbirds that primarily eat insects. As the amount and diversity of insects declined at the Long Point Bird Observatory in ...Read more

Tree swallows at a Great Lakes bird observatory are shrinking, a troubling finding that University of Michigan researchers said is tied to crashing insect populations in the region and world.

Tree swallows are small songbirds that primarily eat insects. As the amount and diversity of insects declined at the Long Point Bird Observatory in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Between disease, pesticide contamination and starvation, seabirds are fighting multiple battles along the California coastline this year.

Since March, beachgoers have discovered dozens of sick or dead seabirds along the coastal stretch between Santa Barbara and San Diego. Among them have been “tremendous numbers” of dead ...Read more

The U.S. and Mexico took a major step in the battle against New World screwworm, opening a facility to produce sterile flies that authorities believe is the best method for stopping the flesh-eating parasite from spreading through cattle herds.

The production facility in Metapa, near Mexico’s southern border, is expected to produce up to 100...Read more

A week after Apple CEO Tim Cook warned that price hikes for the company’s devices were “unavoidable” due to soaring costs in key components, consumers woke up Thursday to just how steep and immediate those increases would be.

Try up to 20% for many of Apple’s popular laptop computers.

And up to 25% for iPads.

On Apple’s website, the...Read more

NASA officials have been shouting for years more money is needed to support infrastructure of a souped-up launch rate on Florida's Space Coast, and now it has an audit confirming things are bad, and could get worse.

NASA’s Office of the Inspector General released its report Monday on NASA launch infrastructure at Kennedy Space Center in ...Read more

California tech company Cisco plans to cut 471 workers in three Bay Area offices, according to layoff notices filed to a state agency.

The company, which provides networking devices along with other services including video conferencing and cybersecurity, told employees in May that it was going to cut fewer than 4,000 jobs or less than 5% of ...Read more