Environment & Health

Activists See Biden’s Day One Focus on Environmental Justice as a Critical Campaign Promise Kept

The new president signed executive orders on inauguration day aimed at embedding equity across the government and rolling back Trump’s anti-environment legacy.

By Kristoffer Tigue, Agya K. Aning, Judy Fahys, Katie Surma

Biden Signs Sweeping Orders to Tackle Climate Change and Rollback Trump’s Anti-Environment Legacy

By Sabrina Shankman, Dan Gearino, David Hasemyer, James Bruggers, Judy Fahys, Marianne Lavelle, Phil McKenna

Warming Trends: Big Cat Against Big Cat, Michael Mann’s New Book and Trump Greenlights Killing Birds

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Wheeler Announces a New ‘Transparency’ Rule That His Critics Say Is Dangerous to Public Health

By Marianne Lavelle

Many Scientists Now Say Global Warming Could Stop Relatively Quickly After Emissions Go to Zero

By Bob Berwyn

Billion-Dollar Disasters: The Costs, in Lives and Dollars, Have Never Been So High

By Judy Fahys

Activists Eye a Superfund Reboot Under Biden With a Focus on Environmental Justice and Climate Change

By David Hasemyer and Lise Olsen

In 2018, the California AG Created an Environmental Justice Bureau. It’s Become a Trendsetter

By Evelyn Nieves

Giant Icebergs Are Headed for South Georgia Island. Scientists Are Scrambling to Catch Up

By Bob Berwyn

Trains, Walking, Biking: Why Germany Needs to Look Beyond Cars

By Dan Gearino

United Nations Chief Warns of a ‘Moment of Truth for People and Planet’

By Bob Berwyn

UN Report: Despite Falling Energy Demand, Governments Set on Increasing Fossil Fuel Production

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Covid-19 Shutdowns Were Just a Blip in the Upward Trajectory of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions

By Bob Berwyn

Warming Trends: Outdoor Heaters, More Drownings In Warmer Winters and Where to Put Leftover Turkey

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Vintners and Farmers Are Breathing Easier After the Demise of Proposition 15, a ‘Headache’ at Best

By Evelyn Nieves

Warming Trends: A Climate Win in Austin, the Demise of Butterflies and the Threat of Food Pollution

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Post Election, Climate and Racial Justice Protesters Gather in Boston Over Ballot Counting

By Phil McKenna

Luis Magaña Has Spent 20 Years Advocating for Farmworkers, But He’s Never Seen Anything Like This

By Evelyn Nieves

The $16 Million Was Supposed to Clean Up Old Oil Wells; Instead, It’s Going to Frack New Ones

By Nicholas Kusnetz