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Refinery in Richmond, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

API Disputes African-American Health Study, Cites Genetics

By Phil McKenna

Heat wave in New York City. Credit: Michael Brown/Getty Images

27 Ways a Heat Wave Can Kill You — A Dire Warning for a Warming Planet

By Georgina Gustin

Lt. j.g. Shiju SantaNivas, an intensive care nurse from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, treats a patient aboard the USNS Comfort in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Credit: Specialist 2nd Class Stephane Belcher/U.S. Navy

Nurses in Puerto Rico See First-Hand Health Crisis from Climate Disasters

By Phil McKenna

With no running water, Puerto Rico residents in some areas resorted to washing clothes in creeks and drainage ditches. Credit: Ricardo Arduengo/AFP/Getty Images

Desperation Grows in Puerto Rico’s Poor Communities Without Water or Power

By Phil McKenna

Walking through a flooded home in Houston. Credit: Erich Schlegel/Getty

Harvey Aftermath: A Public Health Crisis in the Making

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Mountaintop mining in Appalachia. Credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

Trump Admin. Halts Mountaintop Mining Health Risks Study

By Phil McKenna

Factory Farms Put Climate at Risk, Experts Say in Urging WHO to Speak Out

By Georgina Gustin

Louisiana floods in 2016

Climate Change's Mental Health Impacts Need Care Too, Group Says

By Sabrina Shankman

Pediatricians can play an important role in explaining climate impacts on children's health

Doctors' Group: Climate Change Threatens Public Health Across the Nation

By Sabrina Shankman

Residents who lived near the Aliso Canyon leak pressed for answers about their health problems

SoCal Gas’ Settlement Over Aliso Canyon Methane Leak Includes Health Study

By Zahra Hirji

Ben Eaton was one of the Uniontown, Ala., residents sued by a local landfill

Alabama Town That Fought Coal Ash Landfill Wins Settlement

By Sabrina Shankman

The Pegasus pipeline rupture site in the North Woods neighborhood

Exxon Tries to Fix PR Blunder in Arkansas

By Sam Eifling

Mayflower, Ark. oil spill cleanup

Sick from Exxon Oil Spill, Victims Face Confusion

By Lisa Song

How Bad Is Exposure to Oil Spills?

By Lisa Song

Natural gas drilling on the Pinedale Anticline in Wyoming.

Fracking Chemicals: Are Tiny Doses Safe?

By Lisa Song, InsideClimate News

Image from Shelter in Place. Photographer: Zed Nelson

Film Chronicles Toxic Air of Texas

by Hannah Patterson, Guardian

Senators Demand Answers from EPA, NOAA Over Toxic Effects of Oil Dispersants

By Stacy Feldman

Failing to Meet Federal Air Standards Cost Californians $193M in Hospital Stays Alone

By Leslie Berliant

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