Environment & Health

The Biden Administration’s Embrace of Environmental Justice Has Made Wary Activists Willing to Believe

“I could not have predicted this,” says Vernice Miller-Travis, who gathered data for a seminal 1987 study, “Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States.”

By Agya K. Aning

Warming Trends: Couples Disconnected in Their Climate Concerns Can Learn About Global Warming Over 200 Years or in 18 Holes

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Warming Trends: Increasing Heat is Dangerous for Pilgrims, Climate Warnings Painted on Seaweed and Many Plots a Global Forest Make

By Katelyn Weisbrod

A Triple Whammy Has Left Many Inner-City Neighborhoods Highly Vulnerable to Soaring Temperatures

By James Bruggers

Climate-Driven Changes in Clouds are Likely to Amplify Global Warming

By Bob Berwyn

Many Nations Receive Failing Scores on Climate Change and Health

By Katie Livingstone

Houston’s Mayor Asks EPA to Probe Contaminants at Rail Site Associated With Nearby Cancer Clusters

By Aman Azhar

EPA Struggles to Track Methane Emissions From Landfills. Here’s Why It Matters

By James Bruggers and Phil McKenna (Inside Climate News), Amy Green (WMFE) and Robert Benincasa (NPR)

Two Years After a Huge Refinery Fire in Philadelphia, a New Day Has Come for its Long-Suffering Neighbors

By Daelin Brown

In Corpus Christi’s Hillcrest Neighborhood, Black Residents Feel Like They Are Living in a ‘Sacrifice Zone’

By Aman Azhar

Global Warming Cauldron Boils Over in the Northwest in One of the Most Intense Heat Waves on Record Worldwide

By Judy Fahys, Bob Berwyn

As the US Pursues Clean Energy and the Climate Goals of the Paris Agreement, Communities Dependent on the Fossil Fuel Economy Look for a Just Transition

By Judy Fahys

The US Nuclear Weapons Program Left ‘a Horrible Legacy’ of Environmental Destruction and Death Across the Navajo Nation

By Cheyanne M. Daniels

Warming Trends: Radio From a Future Free of Fossil Fuels, Vegetarianism Not Hot on Social Media and Overheated Umpires Make Bad Calls

By Katelyn Weisbrod

New York City Has Ambitious Climate Goals. The Next Mayor Will Determine Whether the City Follows Through

By Delger Erdenesanaa

13 Refineries Emit Dangerous Benzene Emissions That Exceed the EPA’s ‘Action Level,’ a Study Finds

By Aman Azhar

Q&A: With Climate Change-Fueled Hurricanes and Wildfire on the Horizon, a Trauma Expert Offers Ways to Protect Your Mental Health

By James Bruggers

An Explosion in Texas Shows the Hidden Dangers of Tanks Holding Heavy Fuels

By Sabrina Shankman, Julia Kane

With the World Focused on Reducing Methane Emissions, Even Texas Signals a Crackdown on ‘Flaring’

By Jonathan Moens