Environment & Health
Texas Legislature Increases Well Plugging Budget as Backlog Grows
By Martha Pskowski
Huge Public Land Sale Stripped from Senate Bill—For Now—But Assault on Federal Land Protections Continues
By Wyatt Myskow
Amid Brutal Heat Wave, Officials Stress Health Risks of Hot Nights
By Kiley Price
In North Carolina, Exploding Bulbs and Fridges on the Fritz Reveal a Town’s Fraying Electric System
By Lisa Sorg
A New York Rooftop Blossoms with Lessons About Food Literacy
By Ryan Krugman
Searching for Hidden Fungi in the Sonoran Desert
By Wyatt Myskow
In California, a Push to Decommission Gas Lines in Low-Income Neighborhoods Moves Forward
By Twilight Greenaway
The Ecofeminist Movement Is Surging. Here’s What Its Advocates Want
By Katie Surma
Scientists’ Letter Urges Brazil’s President Lula to Reject New Amazon and Offshore Drilling
By Bob Berwyn
Alabama Environmental Groups Secure Rare Win in Fight to Update Water Toxicity Standards
By Dennis Pillion
As Wildfires Increase, NJ Considers the Impact on Public Health
By Anna Mattson
Pollution, Not Drought, Prompts Lawn-Watering Ban in Des Moines
By Anika Jane Beamer
Juneteenth and Its Role in Environmental Justice—for All
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
USGS Touts Potential Oil and Gas Resources Beneath Public Lands in Updated Survey
By Jake Bolster
An Alabama City Recommends Changing Its Laws to Accommodate One of the Country’s Largest Proposed Data Centers
By Lee Hedgepeth
At UN Ocean Conference, Nations and Funders Seek to Create and Expand Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas
By Teresa Tomassoni