The number of communities budgeting or writing grants for sustainability nearly doubled in the past three years. More than half of cities adopted ordinances to prevent new construction in floodplains.

A $12 million renovation project at one of Ohio's largest native seed nurseries is expected to be finished in December.

The upcoming Wasted Food Summit in Cincinnati aims to reimagine food waste as a solution to problems, from hunger to climate change. Keynote speaker Chef Alejandra Schrader offers some tips for cooking sustainably at home.

Researchers at the University of Kentucky are searching for signs of a fungal disease impacting the state's native snakes.

Fewer employees, reduced Superfund site cleanup, and truncated regulation enforcement are some of the ways the U.S. EPA is keeping afloat during the lapse in federal funds.

Rumpke says the Sept. 14 fire that sent plumes of black smoke into the air visible for miles prompted the facility to replace the lining of the landfill as a precaution.

The USDA has confirmed an Asian longhorned tick was pulled off a dog in Butler County. The tick is now confirmed in 24 Ohio counties, and is most likely present in even more.

In September, WVXU reported on trees changing their fall leaves too soon. Now there's a new tree phenomenon: second spring.

There are 11 cleanup sites along the riverbanks in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.

Water has always been a big part of the Fernald story. In the 1980s, nearby residents got the news: the water they'd been drinking was contaminated with uranium and other waste. Part of cleaning up the superfund site meant making the groundwater and surface water safe, and repairing the damage to the aquifer and the Paddys Run watershed.