Environment & Health
US Is (Officially) Gone, But Not Forgotten, at COP30
By Bob Berwyn
Gas Pipeline Proposals in Virginia Multiply Through the South—and Worry Community Activists
By Charles Paullin
As Seas Rise, So Do the Risks From Toxic Sites
By Liza Gross
Congress Axes Biden-Era Protections That Shielded Alaskan Wetlands From Drilling
By Carl David Goette-Luciak
Bill McKibben on the State-Led Efforts to Make Big Oil Pay Up
By Carrie Klein
As COP30 Unfolds in the Amazon, Brazil Is Drilling for Oil Near the Great Amazon Reef System
By Teresa Tomassoni
Extreme Heat, Leaks and Security Issues Roil COP30
By Bob Berwyn
Trump Administration Moves to Weaken Federal Protections for Waterways and Wetlands
By Aidan Hughes
Deadly in Small Doses: New Research Shows the Lethal Effects of Ingested Plastic on Marine Animals
By Teresa Tomassoni
Ecuador’s Voters Protect Rights of Nature, Reject Proposal to Rewrite Constitution
By Katie Surma
Pitted Against Waste
By Martha Pskowski, Lise Olsen
What Chicago’s Boulevards Reveal about Community, Climate Change and Inequality
By Yiannis Mastoras
Scorching Saturdays: The Rising Heat Threat Inside Football Stadiums
By Olivia McMurrey, Lee Hedgepeth
As Glaciers Melt, the Earth’s Cryosphere Is on Thin Ice
Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth
Australian Company BHP Found Liable for Damages in One of Brazil’s Worst Mining Disasters
By Blanca Begert
A Patch of Indigenous Land, Rich in Metals, Pits Prominent Miner and Native Owners Against Conservationists
By Max Graham, Northern Journal