Environment & Health

Corpus Christi Puts Industrial Water Charge on November Ballot

Activists gathered nearly 13,000 signatures on a petition to levy fees on chemical plants and refineries during drought.

By Dylan Baddour

California Officials Scrambled as Spring Wildfire Neared Former Nuclear Reactor Site, Emails Show

By Steven Rodas, Nina Dietz

With Federal Environmental Justice Programs Gutted, a Scholar Makes the Case for a More Confrontational Path

By Kate Waxman

Neighbors of Pipeline Leak Live in Fear and Regulatory Neglect in Trump Era of ‘Unleashed’ Energy

By Marianne Lavelle

Corpus Christi Seeks to Block Referendum on Industrial Water Charge

By Dylan Baddour

Permian Basin Community Seeks Fix for Radium in Its Drinking Water

By Martha Pskowski

State of the Climate: A Dimming, Overheated Planet, With Degraded Oceans

By Bob Berwyn

Pennsylvania Confronts an Unfamiliar Climate Hazard: Wildfire Smoke

By Marie Cusick

A Very American Invention, Pushed to an Extreme

By Georgina Gustin

A Minnesota Dairy Company’s Rapid Expansion Is Prompting Lawsuits Against Regulators

By Georgina Gustin

Trump Promotes Commercial Fishing in Protected Pacific Marine National Monuments

By Teresa Tomassoni

Wildfire Smoke Is Now a Bigger Prenatal Threat Than Human Sources of Air Pollution

By Liza Gross

In Florida, Being Poor Isn’t Enough to Qualify for the Best Water Aid

By Kate Waxman

Philadelphia Juggles Short-Term Budget Plans and Long-Term Climate Goals

By Daniel Perrin

As More New Yorkers Use the City’s Waterways for Recreation, Officials Fight Sewage Notification Order

By Lauren Dalban

Coming to Some of Pennsylvania’s Most Picturesque Places: Data Centers

By Emilie Lounsberry

Who Gets to Enjoy California’s Coast?

By Madeline Shaw

Child Migrants Exposed to Toxic Contamination at Florida Detention Site

By Amy Green

The World’s Rarest Great Ape Is Worse Off Than We Thought

By Nicholas Kusnetz