Environment & Health
A Short-Lived Win in a Never-Ending Fight Over Forever Chemicals
By Lisa Sorg
A Bitcoin Mine Came to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and Dafter Township Isn’t Happy
By Tom Perkins
Shuttered Canadian Marine Park Warns It May Euthanize 30 Beluga Whales, Prompting a Global Outcry
By Teresa Tomassoni
A Community Burdened by Chemical Waste Is Demanding Cancer Data. Texas Health Officials Won’t Give It to Them.
By David Leffler
A Michigan Town Hopes to Stop a Data Center With a 2026 Ballot Initiative
By Tom Perkins
The AI Data Center Boom Comes to Southeast LA
By Ashley Orona, LA Public Press
Los Alamos and University of Michigan Want to Build a National Security ‘Data Center’ in Ypsilanti. Residents and Local Officials See Few Benefits.
By Tom Perkins
EPA Drops Planned Delay in Compliance With Fenceline Monitoring at Coke Plants
By Jon Hurdle
Scientists Find Evidence that a Pennsylvania Town’s Water Was Contaminated by Fracking
By Kiley Bense
Exxon Steps Back From Texas Gulf Coast Plastics Plant
By Dylan Baddour
Amid Rollbacks on Environmental Protections, the EPA Goes the Other Way on Delaware River Water Quality
By Jon Hurdle
Detroit Is the Nation’s Most Challenging City for People with Asthma, a New Report Suggests
By K.R. Callaway
The Scientists Making the Case for Nature’s Rights
By Katie Surma
A Debate Heats Up over California’s ‘Zone Zero’ Rules to Cut Home Losses to Flammable Vegetation
By Blanca Begert
The Sage Grouse Could Face More Development in Its Critical Habitat Under Trump
By Jake Bolster
Eighteen Months After a Fatal Explosion, Alabama Rolls Back Its Commitment to Monitor Explosive Gases Above Coal Mines
By Lee Hedgepeth