Environment & Health

Iowa Agriculture Runs on 110 Billion Pounds of Manure, at a Cost to Its Water

By Anika Jane Beamer

Out in the Storm

By Audrey Gray

Efforts to Reduce Toxic Algae in Lake Erie Appear to Be Making Progress. Now They Face State and Federal Cuts

By Theo Peck-Suzuki

What Trump’s Budget Cuts Mean for Disaster Preparedness

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

Wyoming’s Crowded Lonesome Lake Tops EPA’s National Survey for Fecal Contamination

By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile

Weeks After a Heat Wave Baked the US, Democrats Push to Declare Heat a Major Disaster

By Kiley Price

Former BP Spokesperson Is Now EPA Region 6 Chief of Staff

By Martha Pskowski

One Small Country, Nearly $20 Billion in Corporate Claims

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Katie Surma

Deep Sea Mining Negotiations Resume Amid Industry Pushback and Environmental Alarm

By Teresa Tomassoni

30 Years After Chicago’s Deadliest Heat Wave, Systemic Racism Is Still the Root Problem

By Keerti Gopal

In South Memphis, Elon Musk’s Colossus Operated Gas Turbines Without Appropriate Permits, Residents and Activists Claim

By Jennifer Ugwa

OSHA Just Reduced the Value of a Worker’s Life

By Liza Gross

Before Tropical Depression Chantal Swamped Hillsborough, the Town Had Been Counting on FEMA

By Lisa Sorg

As Politicians Quarrel Over Wildfire Smoke, Research on Its Health Impacts Piles Up

By Kiley Price

Humans Are Wiping Out Water Bodies That Life Depends On, New Report Says

By Katie Surma

Illinois Communities Grapple With ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Their Drinking Water

By Douglas J. Guth

Bessemer, Alabama, Could Face Legal Action Over Environmental Impacts From a ‘Hyperscale’ Data Center

By Lee Hedgepeth

Air Pollution Can Speed Aging, New Study Finds, but Measuring Other Factors Is Challenging

By Chad Small