CYPRESS, Calif. (AP) — California shouldn't weaken hazardous waste rules to allow local landfills to accept toxic dirt that currently goes to two specialized disposal sites in the Central Valley and ...

In Los Angeles, crews from the Environmental Protection Agency have started showing up in hazmat suits and digging through all the potential hazardous waste that the wildfires have left behind.

The physical and psychological scars from Hurricanes Helene and Milton will take weeks, months and years to repair. The threat from toxic waste released by floodwaters may be felt for decades. It’s ...