Environment & Health
With Latest Round of Terminations, Trump Administration Continues Dismantling EPA’s Environmental Justice Portfolio
By Aman Azhar
Chicago Has a Huge Lead Pipe Problem—and We Mapped It
By Keerti Gopal, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Peter Aldhous, Clayton Aldern, Amy Qin
How We Mapped Chicago’s Lead Pipe Problem and What We Learned
By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Keerti Gopal, Peter Aldhous, Clayton Aldern, Amy Qin
Lead Pipes Are Everywhere in Chicago. Here’s How to Protect Yourself
By Sophia Kalakailo, City Bureau
How Trump’s Anti-Environment Crusade Enriches Drug Traffickers
By Katie Surma
The Battle Over Polluted Water Beneath an Iowa Coal Ash Landfill
By Anika Jane Beamer
Environmental Laws Waived to Build Border Wall in Texas Wildlife Refuge
By Martha Pskowski
The Colorado River Is This Tribe’s ‘Lifeblood,’ Now They Want To Give It the Same Legal Rights as a Person
By Alex Hager, KUNC
New Tool Maps the Health Impacts of Toxic Air Pollutants Released With Methane in Super-Emitter Events
By Liza Gross
Maryland’s Governor and Legislature Just Got So-So Grades on Their Environmental Scorecards
By Aman Azhar
The Woman Holding Chinese Mining Giants Accountable
By Katie Surma
The Trump Administration Dismisses the Endangered Species List as ‘Hotel California.’ But There’s Far More to the Story
By Kiley Price
Sewage Taints Canadian Oysters. Then Americans Eat Them
By Agatha Khishchenko, Andy Lehren, Dori Seeman, Robert Cribb and Molly MacNaughton
Climate Change Likely to Expand the Range of an Asian Bat and the Deadly Disease it Carries
By Chad Small
Great Lakes Microplastics Research Could Inform National and Global Policy
By Sarah Mattalian
Citing Environmental Concerns, Judge Orders Alligator Alcatraz to Wind Down Operations
By Amy Green