Environment & Health
Experts Slam Chesapeake Bay Draft Plan Over Lack of Pollution Targets and Accountability
By Aman Azhar
Sweden, an Early Climate Leader, Is Retreating From Its Environmental Commitments, Part of an EU Trend
By Marcus Haraldsson
Marine Tourism in Mexico Remains Damaging to Wildlife Despite Regulations, Research Finds
By Andrés Muedano
The Tricky Problem of ‘Zombie’ Fires
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
Troubling Scenes From an Arctic in Full-Tilt Crisis
By Matt Simon, Grist
BLM Calls New Oil and Gas Rules ‘Noncontroversial,’ Exempts Them From Public Comment
By Jake Bolster
In Rural Puerto Rico, Water Systems Depend on Volunteers—and Threatened Federal Grants
By Sarah Mattalian
EPA Delays Compliance with Methane Rule, Fulfilling Oil and Gas Industry’s Request
By Aidan Hughes
UN Human Rights Experts and Scientists Urge Brazil’s President to Veto a Law That Would Cut Environmental Reviews
By Bob Berwyn
Capped Alabama Coal Ash Pond Still Polluting Groundwater 7 Years After Closure, Lawsuit Claims
By Dennis Pillion
EPA Rescinds Finding That Greenhouse Gas Emissions Harm Human Health, Hobbling U.S. Climate Action
By Wyatt Myskow
As Climate-Related Wastewater Threats Grow, U.S. and Mexico Sign a Deal to End the Tijuana Sewage Crisis
By Kiley Price
Earth’s Wetlands Are Disappearing and Global Efforts to Save Them Are Unraveling
By Katie Surma
Wildfire Evacuees and Asylum Seekers Strain Niagara Falls’ Housing Capacity During Tourism Season
By Angeles Ponpa and Ashley Soriano
Why Farmers May Be Able to Continue Fertilizing Fields With PFAS-Contaminated Sewage Sludge
By Tom Perkins
As Trump Shrinks FEMA, State and Local Emergency Managers Say They’re Barely Getting By
By Kiley Bense