Environment & Health

During February’s Freeze in Texas, Refineries and Petrochemical Plants Released Almost 4 Million Pounds of Extra Pollutants

The companies mounted their standard “affirmative defense,” and environmentalists doubt Texas regulators will hold them accountable. Communities of color around Houston were disproportionately impacted.

By Aman Azhar

What’s On Interior’s To-Do List? A Full Plate of Public Lands Issues—and Trump Rollbacks—for Deb Haaland

By Judy Fahys

Baltimore Continues Incinerating Trash, Despite Opposition from its New Mayor and City Council

By Agya K. Aning

Covid-19 Cut Gases That Warm the Globe But a Drop in Other Pollution Boosted Regional Temperatures

By Bob Berwyn

Why the Poor in Baltimore Face Such Crushing ‘Energy Burdens’

By Agya K. Aning

For a City Staring Down the Barrel of a Climate-Driven Flood, A New Study Could be the Smoking Gun

By Bob Berwyn

Climate Change Ravaged the West With Heat and Drought Last Year; Many Fear 2021 Will Be Worse

By Judy Fahys

Animals Can Get Covid-19, Too. Without Government Action, That Could Make the Coronavirus Harder to Control

By Liza Gross

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

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