Justice & Health

Feds Seek Access to Three Texas State Parks for Border Wall

In February, the Border Patrol requested access to Big Bend Ranch, Seminole Canyon and Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Parks. The access request included 14 parcels in Big Bend Ranch as first steps in a discussion of easement rights, leasing or purchasing the property.

By Martha Pskowski

The Trump Administration’s New Biofuels Targets Threaten Carbon-Rich Rainforests

By Georgina Gustin

Looking to Jesus and Buddha, a Kentucky Passionist Priest Finds Hope Amid an Enveloping Global Environmental Crisis

By James Bruggers

Blasting Begins For Border Wall On Cherished New Mexico Mountain

By Martha Pskowski

Scientists Deploy First Satellite Tag on a Leatherback Sea Turtle in Ecuador to Better Reveal Gaps in Ocean Protection

By Teresa Tomassoni

The Wabanaki Basketmakers’ Plans to Save Maine’s Ash Trees

By Sydney Cromwell

Toxic Ocean Crisis in Papua New Guinea Sparks Mass Marine Die-Off and Public Health Emergency

By Teresa Tomassoni

Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Will Weigh Gulf Oil Drilling Against the Survival of Endangered Whales and Turtles

By Kiley Price

Avian Flu Has Killed Thousands of Birds in the U.S. Pennsylvania Is at the Epicenter.

By Kiley Bense

Iowa’s Cancer Crisis Linked to Pesticides, PFAS, Fertilizer and Radon, Report Says

By Anika Jane Beamer

Climate-Fueled Wildfires and Dust Storms Drove Up Air Pollution Around the World Last Year

By Kiley Bense, Keerti Gopal

Border Communities Remain in the Dark About Federal Government’s Billion-Dollar Buoy Project

By Martha Pskowski

Replacing Toxic Lead Pipes Could Drive Job Creation in Illinois, Report Finds

By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

In the Fight to Defend the Amazon, This Indigenous Community’s Secret Weapon Is Science

Story and photos by Katie Surma

Courts’ Fight Over ‘Cop City’ Protests Raises Questions About Terrorism Laws and Environmental Activism 

By Jade Yeban

Two Years After Fatal Explosion, Alabama Mine Regulator ‘Letting the Fox Guard the Henhouse,’ Resident Says

By Lee Hedgepeth

A New Study Links a Record-Breaking Tropical Disease Outbreak in Peru to Climate-Driven Extreme Weather

By Liza Gross

Georgia Hasn’t Had a Consumer Advocate for Electric Ratepayers for 18 Years

By Ryan Krugman

Senator Launches Investigation Into Methane Pollution in the Permian Basin

By Phil McKenna