Environment & Health
The Chinese Dam Threatening the World’s Most Endangered Ape
By Nicholas Kusnetz
El Paso’s Heat Is Killing in Record Numbers. It May Only Get Worse
Story by Martha Pskowski, photos by Paul Ratje
From Landfills and Recycling Programs to Desks in Offices, Toxic Chemicals in Plastics Poison Workers
By Liza Gross
‘It Didn’t Have to Be This Way’: After Another Explosion at Clairton Coke Works, Advocates Call for Accountability
By Kiley Bense
Plastic Pollution Talks in Geneva End Without Treaty
By Bob Berwyn
New York Already Denied Permits to These Gas Pipelines. Under Trump, They Could Get Greenlit
By Deep Vakil
Chicago Aims To Have Most Air Pollution Sensors in the US
By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times
Temperatures and Carbon Emissions Continue to Rise
By Dylan Baddour
US Guts Criticism of Indigenous Rights Abuses, Mentions of Climate Change From Annual Human Rights Reports
By Katie Surma, Peter Aldhous
A Vermont Forest Tries a New Model of Growth, Diversity and Logging
By Olivia Gieger
Dominion Changes Its Answer—Admitting There Was No Independent Review–On Key Application For Natural Gas Plant
By Charles Paullin
Can Colorado Recycle Toxic Water from Oil and Gas Drilling Without Increasing Emissions?
Story by Jake Bolster, photos by Lee Pruitt
An Environmental Justice Test Case for Trump’s EPA: A Creek That Smells Like Death
By Lisa Sorg
RAGBRAI, the World’s Largest Recreational Bike Ride, Is Getting Hotter and Harder
By Anika Jane Beamer
A Week of Gulf South Solidarity in New York City
By Ryan Krugman
Broiled by Heat Waves, Residents of the Concrete Jungle Suffer
By Lauren Dalban