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Chicago city code required homes to install lead pipes up until 1986, resulting in the city having approximately 400,000 lead service lines. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

EPA Gives Chicago Decades to Replace Lead Pipes, Leaving Communities at Risk

By Nina Elkadi

In 2023, a North Atlantic right whale was spotted off the coast of Georgia with rope lodged in its mouth. Credit: Georgia DNR/NOAA Fisheries

The Futures of Right Whales and Lobstermen Are Entangled. Could High-Tech Gear Help Save Them Both?

By Kiley Price

The Conquistador Apartments in Brownsville has central air and shaded walkways. Still, the apartment occupied by Joaquin Galvan, 82, his 78-year-old sister and his 60-year old daughter grew hot enough to put them at grave risk, given their chronic medical conditions.

Chronic Health Problems Amplify Heat Risk in the Rio Grande Valley

Story by Martha Pskowski, photos by Chris Lee

The controversial Pinyon Plain uranium mine continues to operate within the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni—the Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument on Aug. 27 near Grand Canyon, Ariz. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

In Inaugural Tribal Energy Summit, Carbon Capture, Critical Minerals and Sovereignty Take Center Stage

By Jake Bolster

Terry Wilson stands in the hallway of his home while he and family members work to remove valuables from the flooded house in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 29 in Old Fort, N.C. Credit: Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

After Hurricane Helene, Therapists Dispense ‘Psychological First Aid’

By Nina Dietz

A mold filled room sits in an abandoned house in west Lumberton, N.C. on Oct. 16, 2018. Two years after Hurricane Matthew, Florence damaged homes in the same neighborhood. Many residents never returned. Credit: Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images

ReBuild NC Has a Deficit of Over $150 Million With 1,600 People Still Displaced by Hurricanes Matthew and Florence

By Lisa Sorg

Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo has been a park ranger in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park for two decades, fighting to protect the park from extractive industries. He is facing legal battles and constant threats of physical danger for his work as an environmental defender. Credit: Moses Sawasawa/CliDef

New Report Condemns Increasing Violence and Legal Retaliation Against Environmental Activists

By Keerti Gopal, Mathilde Augustin

Firefighters arrive to extinguish a wildfire on Sept. 24 in Concepcion, Bolivia. Credit: Rodrigo Urzagasti/AFP via Getty Images

Bolivia Has National Rights of Nature Laws. Why Haven’t They Been Enforced?

By Katie Surma

This video screenshot released by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board shows the site of the derailed Norfolk Southern freight train in East Palestine, Ohio. Credit: NTSB/Handout via Xinhua

New Guidelines Center the Needs of People With Disabilities During Petrochemical Disasters

By Kara Holsopple, The Allegheny Front

Sherry Bradley, who runs the Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Project, explains how a new septic system will work for a mobile home in Lowndes County. Credit: Dennis Pillion/Inside Climate News

A Year After Historic Civil Rights Settlement, Alabama Slowly Bringing Sanitation Equity to Rural Black Communities

By Dennis Pillion

Debris is seen in front of the Thunderbird Beach Resort in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton on Friday in Treasure Island, Fla. Credit: Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images

Why Hurricanes Are Much—Much—Deadlier Than Official Death Counts Suggest

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth

After Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Bacteria and Chemicals May Lurk in Flood Waters

By Kiley Price

Coal ash storage ponds are located near Alabama's waterways, posing a risk to wildlife and the environment. Pictured is a storage pond located in Jefferson County. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

EPA Settles Some Alabama Coal Ash Violations, but Larger Questions Linger

By Dennis Pillion

Garbage collected in bags piles up outside of a home in Chickasaw, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama Town Plans to Drop Criminal Charges Over Unpaid Garbage Bills

By Lee Hedgepeth

Chemical plants line the roads and suburbs of Cancer Alley, an area along the Mississippi River that stretches from New Orleans to Baton Rouge in Louisiana. Credit: Giles Clarke/Getty Images

Appeals Court Hears Arguments in Case Claiming Environmental Racism in Cancer Alley Zoning

By James Bruggers

Honduras Próspera construyó un edificio de 14 pisos de usos mixtos al pie de una ladera anteriormente arbolada cerca de Crawfish Rock, un pueblo de pescadores de unos cientos de personas en la isla de Roatán. Crédito: Nicholas Kusnetz/Inside Climate News

En Honduras, los Libertarios y las Demandas Judiciales Podrían Quebrar el País

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Katie Surma

A view of Deer Park Stadium with refineries in the background in Deer Park, Texas. Credit: Mark Felix/The Texas Tribune

How Texas Diminished a Once-Rigorous Air Pollution Monitoring Team 

By Dylan Baddour, Peter Aldhous

A grizzly bear and her two cubs walk along Pelican Creek on June 21, in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. Credit: Jonathan Newton/Getty Images

Bad News, Bears? States Take Legal Actions to End Grizzlies’ Endangered Species Protections

By Najifa Farhat

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