Health

Environmentalists Praise the EPA’s Move to Restrict ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Water and Wonder, What’s Next?

More than two decades after a lawyer alerted federal officials to the substances, scientists and activists are working to assess the scope of their damage.

By Victoria St. Martin

In Braddock, Imagining Environmental Justice for a ‘Sacrifice Zone’

By Quinn Glabicki

At the UN Water Conference, Running to Keep Up with an Ambitious 2030 Goal for Universal Water Rights

By Delaney Dryfoos

Climate Change Enables the Spread of a Dangerous Flesh-Eating Bacteria in US Coastal Waters, Study Says

By Jon Hurdle

From Gas Wells to Rubber Ducks to Incineration, the Plastics Lifecycle Causes ‘Horrific Harm’ to the Planet and People, Report Shows

By James Bruggers

Roundup, the World’s Favorite Weed Killer, Linked to Liver, Metabolic Diseases in Kids

By Liza Gross

How State Regulators Allowed a Fading West Texas Town to Go Over Four Years Without Safe Drinking Water

By Martha Pskowski

Rural Communities Like East Palestine, Ohio, Are at Outsized Risk of Train Derailments and the Ensuing Fallout

By Aydali Campa

Indoor Pollutant Concentrations Are Significantly Lower in Homes Without a Gas Stove, Nonprofit Finds

By Delaney Dryfoos, Victoria St. Martin

Destroying ‘Forever Chemicals’ is a Technological Race that Could Become a Multibillion-dollar Industry

By Chloe Johnson, Star Tribune

How Gas Stoves Became Part of America’s Raging Culture Wars

By Victoria St. Martin

EPA Moves Away From Permian Air Pollution Crackdown

By Martha Pskowski, Dylan Baddour

After a Decade, Federal Officials Tighten Guidelines on Air Pollution

By Victoria St. Martin

A Hospital Ward for Starving Children in Kenya Has Seen a Surge in Cases This Year

By Georgina Gustin

Study: Higher Concentrations Of Arsenic, Uranium In Drinking Water In Black, Latino, Indigenous Communities

By Victoria St. Martin, Aydali Campa

As Flooding Increases, Chicago Looks To Make Basement Housing Safer

By Siri Chilukuri, Borderless Magazine

Residents Fear New Methane Contamination as Pennsylvania Lifts Its Gas-Drilling Ban in the Township of Dimock

By Jon Hurdle

Behavioral Scientists’ Appeal To Climate Researchers: Study The Bias

By Victoria St. Martin

Despite a Changing Climate, Americans Are ‘Flocking to Fire’

By Grace van Deelen