Environment & Health

‘Millions of Avoidable Deaths’: Climate Change Health Harms Reach Unprecedented Levels

Global researchers find that public awareness of climate threats is growing, but governments and companies are reversing climate progress and missing opportunities to save lives.

By Keerti Gopal

Why Billions of Gallons of Raw Sewage Keep Ending up in Philadelphia Waterways

By Kyle Bagenstose

Asheboro, North Carolina, Is Under Pressure to Control Discharges of a Toxic Chemical Into Drinking Water Supply

By Lisa Sorg

Trump and Republicans Join Big Oil’s All-Out Push to Shut Down Climate Liability Efforts

By Dana Drugmand

There’s a New Plan and Funding to Clean Up the Muck Plaguing Lake St. Clair

By K.R. Callaway

Taking Stock in Altadena Nine Months After the Devastating LA Fires

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Environmentalists Sue Regulator Over Extension of Construction Permit for LNG Export Terminal in New Jersey

By Jon Hurdle

Whale and Dolphin Migrations are Being Disrupted by Climate Change

By Teresa Tomassoni

Iowa Counties Keep Water Quality Monitoring Afloat After State Funding Cuts

By Anika Jane Beamer

Will COP30 Finally Prioritize Indigenous Voices?

By Liza Gross

Breach of Contract or Constitutional Crisis?

By Lisa Sorg

A Pro-Dominion Grassroots Group Has Financial Ties—to Dominion

By Charles Paullin

Federal Appeals Court Pauses Litigation Over Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz

By Amy Green

Ecuadorians to Vote on Constitutional Rewrite, Possibly Gutting Rights of Nature

By Katie Surma

Wetlands Help Remedy Agricultural Pollution. Some Illinois Farmers Are Installing New Ones.

By Alexia Underwood

Ohio Has Invested Millions in Wetlands to Catch Nutrient Runoff From Farms. A New Report Suggests It’s Working.

By Theo Peck-Suzuki

Gulf South Residents and Green Groups Sue Trump and EPA Over Toxic Air Pollution Exemptions

By Keerti Gopal

New York City Needs More Housing. Should it Come With Promises to Protect Green Space?

By Lauren Dalban

Defending Stingless Bees in the Peruvian Amazon

By Teresa Tomassoni