Environment & Health
			
		
			
		Virginia Vulnerable to Trump’s Proposed Cuts in Emergency Management and Disaster Relief
By Charles Paullin
			
		Tonga Poised to Be the First Country to Recognize Rights of Whales
By Katie Surma
			
		Why a Fan Can’t Always Cool You Down, and Other Unexpected Challenges in Heat Waves
By Kiley Price
			
		As an Eastern Iowa Quarry Seeks to Quadruple Its Water Use, Residents Urge the State to Intervene
By Anika Jane Beamer
			
		Across the Country, Locals Rally to Protect National Monuments Threatened by the Trump Administration
By Wyatt Myskow
			
		US District Court Ruling Keeps Fight Against Mining of Site Sacred to Western Apache Alive
By Wyatt Myskow
			
		The World’s Oceans Are a ‘Ticking Time Bomb,’ Reaching Dangerous Acidification Levels Earlier Than Scientists Thought
By Georgina Gustin
			
		UN Ocean Conference Opens With a Call to Defend the Deep Sea
By Teresa Tomassoni
			
		The Race to Engineer Coral Reef Solutions in the U.S. Virgin Islands
By Teresa Tomassoni
			
		A Neighborhood Burned, a Home Saved, a Future in Question
Story and photos by Nina Dietz
			
		Funding Shortfalls Hamper North Carolina’s Program to Buy Out Hog Farms in or Near Floodplains
By Lisa Sorg
			
		Rockaway is a New York Coastal Community Trying to Fight Erosion–and Then EPA Cancelled Funding
By Lauren Dalban
			
		In One of the Nation’s Most Polluted Communities, Trump Terminates Funding for Air Monitoring
By Lee Hedgepeth
			
		Some Hopeful News About the Future of the World’s Corals
Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, “Living on Earth”
			
		UN Scientists Propose a Plan to Meet Global Demand for Critical Minerals
By Carrie Klein
			
		Global Scientific Community Urges World Leaders to Transform Research Into Policy Ahead of UN Ocean Conference
By Teresa Tomassoni