BERLIN (AP) � Scientists say the Southern Hemisphere ozone hole is larger than usual and already surpasses the size of Antarctica. The European Union’s Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service said Thursday that the ozone hole has grown considerably in the past week following an average start. Atmospheric ozone absorbs ultraviolet light coming from the sun. Its

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) � An environmental group has released a new analysis of Defense Department records that has found the groundwater of at least nine military installations near the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and Virginia is contaminated with high levels of toxic “forever chemicals.� The nonprofit Environmental Working Group released a report Wednesday on military

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) � A federal judge says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must update nearly three-decade-old regulations about the chemicals that can be used to disperse offshore oil spills. Some critics say the chemicals are toxic. The judge in San Francisco said Monday that the EPA “delayed unreasonably”� by waiting at least six years