Environment & Health
AI Is Decoding Whales’ Communications. Could That Be a Turning Point in the Push for Their Rights?
By Katie Surma
In a ‘Disheartening’ Era, the Nation’s Former Top Mining Regulator Speaks Out
By Lee Hedgepeth
‘Millions of Avoidable Deaths’: Climate Change Health Harms Reach Unprecedented Levels
By Keerti Gopal
Why Billions of Gallons of Raw Sewage Keep Ending up in Philadelphia Waterways
By Kyle Bagenstose
Asheboro, North Carolina, Is Under Pressure to Control Discharges of a Toxic Chemical Into Drinking Water Supply
By Lisa Sorg
Trump and Republicans Join Big Oil’s All-Out Push to Shut Down Climate Liability Efforts
By Dana Drugmand
There’s a New Plan and Funding to Clean Up the Muck Plaguing Lake St. Clair
By K.R. Callaway
Taking Stock in Altadena Nine Months After the Devastating LA Fires
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
Environmentalists Sue Regulator Over Extension of Construction Permit for LNG Export Terminal in New Jersey
By Jon Hurdle
Whale and Dolphin Migrations are Being Disrupted by Climate Change
By Teresa Tomassoni
Iowa Counties Keep Water Quality Monitoring Afloat After State Funding Cuts
By Anika Jane Beamer
Will COP30 Finally Prioritize Indigenous Voices?
By Liza Gross
Breach of Contract or Constitutional Crisis?
By Lisa Sorg
A Pro-Dominion Grassroots Group Has Financial Ties—to Dominion
By Charles Paullin
Federal Appeals Court Pauses Litigation Over Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz
By Amy Green
Ecuadorians to Vote on Constitutional Rewrite, Possibly Gutting Rights of Nature
By Katie Surma