Environment & Health

The US Wants Minerals from South America. Its Environmental Defenders Fear What Comes Next.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s push for minerals and militarization raises fears about the violence more mining could inflict on local communities and critical ecosystems.

By Katie Surma

For Many New Yorkers, Home Is No Escape From the Heat

By Lauren Dalban

The Winners and Losers of Maine’s Race to Armor Its Shoreline Against Climate Change

By Emmett Gartner

Elevated Levels of Lead Surround Local Oregon Airports 

By Claire Barber

As Extreme Weather Worsens, Black and Hispanic Homeowners Are Paying More for Insurance

By Amy Green

Error in a Recent BLM Lease Sale Has Wyoming Residents Concerned Over New Oil and Gas Rules

By Jake Bolster

A Pipeline Giant That Spilled Jet Fuel in Pennsylvania Is Trying to Weaken a Clean Water Law

By Marianne Lavelle

Can Studying Heat Waves in Real Time Save Lives?

By Keerti Gopal

Underserved Communities Again Ask Courts to Restore Justice Grant Funding

By Amy Green

Court Stalls EPA Plan to Override California’s Vehicle Pollution Standards

By Anika Jane Beamer

New Trump Rules Would Limit State Power to Block Pipelines, Energy Projects

By Marianne Lavelle

In South Florida, a Crackdown on Overdue Electricity Bills Coincides With Peak Summer Heat, ICE Enforcement

By Erin Douglas

Climate ‘Overshoot’ Is Coming—Are We Ready?

By Bob Berwyn

Federal Judge Strikes Down New York’s Climate Change Superfund Law

By Lauren Dalban

The Amazon’s Defenders Declare a State of Emergency

Story and photos by Katie Surma

The Trump EPA Is a Toothless Friend of Polluting Industries, Analysis Shows

By Peter Aldhous

No One Knows All the Toxic Chemicals You’re Eating

By Liza Gross

While Renewables Languish, Pennsylvania Pays Millions to Coal Waste Companies

By Kyle Bagenstose

Flood-Ravaged Nepal on Alert as Scientists Warn of Additional Risk

By Bob Berwyn, Nicholas Kusnetz