The Natural Resource Committee of the League of Women Voters of the Pensacola Bay Area studies issues and determines what positions we take and present to the local League for consideration. This is ...

Burning trash has a long history in the United States, and municipal solid waste incinerators have sparked resistance in many places. As an environmental justice scholar who works directly with ...

A new study from the University shines a light on the enormous scale of uncollected rubbish and open burning of plastic waste in the first ever global plastics pollution inventory. University of Leeds ...

It's no big secret that having a fire in your garden to dispose of bulky waste is a pretty common practice. However, what is less known are the rules and regulations that need to be followed when ...

FARGO - This year's spring flooding and blizzards have caused many livestock deaths. Methods of disposing of dead animals include burning, burying and composting, but burning and burying have ...

There are renewed concerns over the open burn of potentially hazardous waste at a facility in Grant Parish. Clean Harbors in Colfax, La. received materials from Camp Minden, though the company says it ...

People in low-income urban communities in the Global South without access to reliable energy sources are burning the toxic ...

Lighting a bonfire in your garden might feel like a harmless way to get rid of waste, but under UK law it can quickly become an expensive mistake. The Environmental Protection Act 1990 and Clean Air ...