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The EPA is on the scene conducting environmental and air quality assessments following a fire at the former Charlestown Mall.

President Donald Trump has moved steadily to dismantle Obama administration efforts to rein in coal, oil and gas emissions, even as warnings grow — from his own administration and others — about the devastating impact of climate change on the U.S. economy as well as the Earth.

Two new exotic zooplankton species have crept into the Great Lakes, according to researchers.

Bowing out after months of scandals, Scott Pruitt is turning the Environmental Protection Agency over to a far less flashy deputy who is expected to continue Pruitt's rule-cutting, business-friendly ways as steward of the country's environment.

A new study says areas of the Hudson River from Troy to New York City are spiked with pharmaceuticals that could pose a threat to aquatic life.

The federal Environmental Protection Agency says it will conduct additional studies of the Hudson River as it considers the effectiveness of a $1.7 billion Superfund cleanup.

New York's new Drinking Water Council will hold its first meeting on Long Island to consider setting maximum levels of several contaminants not regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency.

The Finger Lakes are getting almost $900,000 in federal funding to help battle invasive species.

U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins led a rally in support of the Environmental Protection Agency in upstate New York.

Local lawmakers are asking for a criminal investigation into the discharge of wastewater that turned the water below Niagara Falls black.