Environment & Health
EPA Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
By Victoria St. Martin
California Regulators Banned Fracking Wastewater for Irrigation, but Allow Wastewater From Oil Drilling. Scientists Say There’s Little Difference
By Liza Gross
Climate Change is Spreading a Debilitating Fungal Disease Throughout the West
By Anne Marshall-Chalmers
The ‘State of the Air’ in America Is Unhealthy and Getting Worse, Especially for People of Color
By Kristoffer Tigue
What Does Climate Justice in California Look Like?
By Liza Gross
In South Asia, Vehicle Exhaust, Agricultural Burning and In-Home Cooking Produce Some of the Most Toxic Air in the World
By Zoha Tunio
A Biomass Power Plant in Rural North Carolina Reignites Concerns Over Clean Energy and Environmental Justice
By Aman Azhar
Warming Trends: The Climate Atlas of Canada Maps ‘the Harshities of Life,’ Plus Christians Embracing Climate Change and a New Podcast Called ‘Hot Farm’
By Katelyn Weisbrod
Environmentalists in Chile Are Hoping to Replace the Country’s Pinochet-Era Legal Framework With an ‘Ecological Constitution’
By Katie Surma
Biden Administration Stops Short of Electric Vehicle Mandates for Trucks
By Marianne Lavelle
Shining a Light on Suicide Risk for Wildland Firefighters
By Liza Gross
Is the Amazon Approaching a Tipping Point? A New Study Shows the Rainforest Growing Less Resilient
By Georgina Gustin
North Carolina Hurricanes Linked to Increases in Gastrointestinal Illnesses in Marginalized Communities
By Leah Campbell
Warming Trends: Banning a Racist Slur on Public Lands, and Calculating Climate’s Impact on Yellowstone, Birds and Banks
By Katelyn Weisbrod
Activists Deplore the Human Toll and Environmental Devastation from Russia’s Unprovoked War of Aggression in Ukraine
By Katie Surma
Fish on Valium: A Multitude of Prescription Drugs Are Contaminating Florida’s Waterways and Marine Life
By Aman Azhar
