Nearly half of Americans depend on groundwater for their drinking water, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, and it's not just well water that is threatened.A city's water supply ...

Millions of Americans in the Northeast are being advised to avoid strenuous physical activity outdoors due to unhealthy air ...

University of Rhode Island oceanographer Jaime Palter speaks out on what she thinks the impacts will be of cuts to federal ...

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued an air quality alert for parts of the state Saturday due to ...

Support for environmental programs is strong in Rhode Island As exhibit A, they point to the overwhelming support for the $53-million green bond issue that was on the Rhode Island ballot.

Last month, five Rhode Island environmental nonprofits jointly sued the federal government over grant freezes threatening a range of statewide environmental and economic development initiatives.

While officials representing Rhode Island's Department of Environmental Management say ... tells NBC 10 the agency is receiving ... Roughly 70 human cases have been reported in the United States.