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

Residents in the town where a train carrying noxious chemicals derailed last month say they fear for the long-term future, both economic and health-wise. Communities like theirs are in the greatest danger of similar catastrophes.

By Aydali Campa

This video screenshot released by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shows the site of a derailed freight train in East Palestine, Ohio. Credit: NTSB/Handout via Xinhua/Getty Images
Pakistani men rest in the shade of trees during a heatwave in Karachi on June 23, 2015. Credit: Rizwan Tabassum/AFP via Getty Images

To Reduce Mortality From High Heat in Cities, a New Study Recommends Trees

By Danish Bajwa

Air pollution in the U.S. Credit: plus49/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images

After a Decade, Federal Officials Tighten Guidelines on Air Pollution

By Victoria St. Martin

Workers with the Baltimore City Department of Public Works distribute jugs of water to city residents at the Landsdowne Branch of the Baltimore County Library on Sept. 6, 2022 in Baltimore, Maryland. The City of Baltimore issued a boil water advisory to over 1,500 residential and commercial facilities in West Baltimore after E. coli bacteria was found in drinking water. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

West Baltimore Residents, Students Have Mixed Feelings About Water Quality After E. Coli Contamination

By Darreonna Davis

Smoke billows to the sky above where fires are spreading near houses Oct. 22, 2007 in Stevenson Ranch, California. Credit: J. Emilio Flores/Getty Images

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

By Grace van Deelen

A view of the U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Works on Jan. 21, 2020, in North Braddock, Pennsylvania. White plumes of smoke billow above western Pennsylvania's rolling hills into the frigid air as scorching ovens bake coal, which rolls in by the trainload along the Monongahela River. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Tiny Soot Particles from Fossil Fuel Combustion Kill Thousands Annually. Activists Now Want Biden to Impose Tougher Standards

By Victoria St. Martin

Q&A: Eliza Griswold Reflects on the Lessons of  ‘Amity and Prosperity,’ Her Deep Dive Into Fracking in Southwest Pennsylvania

By David Shribman

EPA On-Scene Coordinator Chuck Berry fixes a sign on a yard his team cleaned on English Avenue on May 12, 2022. Since 2019, the agency has been testing soil in the study area, which spans more than 600 acres, for lead. Credit: Aydali Campa

In Atlanta, Work on a New EPA Superfund Site Leaves Black Neighborhoods Wary, Fearing Gentrification

By Aydali Campa

Emma Duarte, 40, and her daughter Emily Juarez Duarte, 2, try and catch a breeze in the doorway of their trailer in the Corkill Park RV & Mobile Homes in Desert Hot Springs on June 10, 2021. Their RV park suffered power loss from time to time and during recent extreme heat waves. Credit: Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

When the Power Goes Out, Who Suffers? Climate Epidemiologists Are Now Trying to Figure That Out

By Laura Baisas

In this picture taken on May 12, 2022, people drink water being distributed by volunteers along a street during a heatwave in Jacobabad, in the southern Sindh province. Credit: Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images

In Jacobabad, One of the Hottest Cities on the Planet, a Heat Wave Is Pushing the Limits of Human Livability

By Zoha Tunio

Smoke pours out of towers of the Phillips 66 Bayway oil refinery along the New Jersey Turnpike in Linden, New Jersey, Dec. 11, 2019. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

In An Unusual Step, a Top Medical Journal Weighs in on Climate Change

By Victoria St. Martin

Paint peels from the side of a home along 37th Avenue on Sunday, April 9, 2017, in Oakland, California. Credit: Aric Crabb/Bay Area News via Getty Images

Lead Poisonings of Children in Baltimore Are Down, but Lead Contamination Still Poses a Major Threat, a New Report Says

By Agya K. Aning

A pregnant woman receives an exam from her doctor. Biomonitoring studies have measured at least 43 chemicals from diverse classes of chemical compounds in 99-100% of pregnant women in the United States. Credit: Jason Connolly/AFP via Getty Images

Fossil Fuels Aren’t Just Harming the Planet. They’re Making Us Sick

By Liza Gross, Victoria St. Martin

Residential buildings stand on the city skyline on April 10, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. Credit: David Ramos/Getty Images

To Equitably Confront Climate Change, Cities Need to Include Public Health Agencies in Planning Adaptations

By Aydali Campa

Robert Taylor, executive director of the Concerned Citizens of St. John (right) speaks with EPA Administrator Michael Regan as he meets with members of the Concerned Citizens of St. John during his “Journey to Justice” tour. Photo courtesy of the EPA

EPA Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

By Victoria St. Martin

A family wears face masks as they walk through the smoke filled streets after the Thomas wildfire swept through Ventura, California on Dec. 6, 2017. Credit: Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images

The ‘State of the Air’ in America Is Unhealthy and Getting Worse, Especially for People of Color

By Kristoffer Tigue

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A Biomass Power Plant in Rural North Carolina Reignites Concerns Over Clean Energy and Environmental Justice

By Aman Azhar

he smoke wave and pyrocumulus cloud from the East Troublesome Fire. Photo taken at 6:06pm 10-21-20 from Coal Creek Heights Dr. at an elevation of 8762 ft. looking NNW. The most prominent peak is Bald Mountain on the south end of Indian Peaks Wilderness.

Clouds of Concern Linger as Wildfires Drag into Flu Season and Covid Numbers Swell

By Judy Fahys

Grapes growing in vineyard near Delano in Kern County, California. Credit: Citizens of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

In a Dry State, Farmers Use Oil Wastewater to Irrigate Their Fields, but is it Safe?

By Abby Weiss

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