Environment & Health

A New Tropical Forest Fund Will Pay Countries, Locals and Indigenous Tribes to Protect Their Trees

Interview by Steve Curwood and Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

Growing Tensions with Air Regulator Lead Top California Environmental Justice Advisor to Resign

By Blanca Begert

International Effort to Curb Emissions of a Climate Super Pollutant Falls Short, UN Report Reveals

By Phil McKenna

California Is Finally Updating Its Methane Landfill Rule

By Liza Gross

US Is (Officially) Gone, But Not Forgotten, at COP30

By Bob Berwyn

Gas Pipeline Proposals in Virginia Multiply Through the South—and Worry Community Activists

By Charles Paullin

As Seas Rise, So Do the Risks From Toxic Sites

By Liza Gross

Congress Axes Biden-Era Protections That Shielded Alaskan Wetlands From Drilling

By Carl David Goette-Luciak

Bill McKibben on the State-Led Efforts to Make Big Oil Pay Up

By Carrie Klein

As COP30 Unfolds in the Amazon, Brazil Is Drilling for Oil Near the Great Amazon Reef System

By Teresa Tomassoni

Extreme Heat, Leaks and Security Issues Roil COP30

By Bob Berwyn

Trump Administration Moves to Weaken Federal Protections for Waterways and Wetlands

By Aidan Hughes

Deadly in Small Doses: New Research Shows the Lethal Effects of Ingested Plastic on Marine Animals

By Teresa Tomassoni

Ecuador’s Voters Protect Rights of Nature, Reject Proposal to Rewrite Constitution

By Katie Surma

Pitted Against Waste

By Martha Pskowski, Lise Olsen

What Chicago’s Boulevards Reveal about Community, Climate Change and Inequality

By Yiannis Mastoras

Scorching Saturdays: The Rising Heat Threat Inside Football Stadiums

By Olivia McMurrey, Lee Hedgepeth

As Glaciers Melt, the Earth’s Cryosphere Is on Thin Ice

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth