Environment & Health

What Happens When Extreme Weather Becomes a Cycle You Can’t Escape

By Kiley Price

AI, Defense Spending Fuel the Rush to Mine Minerals, Report Says

By Katie Surma

The Dire Lengths Florida Farmworkers Go to Keep Working in ‘Scorching’ Heat

By Amy Green

Trump EPA Moves to Approve Alabama Coal Ash Program Rejected by Biden Administration

By Dennis Pillion

An AI Data Center at the Edge of the Everglades Heads to a Decisive Vote

By Kate Waxman

The World’s Largest Meat Company Abandons Its Climate and Deforestation Goals

By Georgina Gustin

A Key Forever Chemicals Lawsuit Settles Out of Court in North Carolina

By Lisa Sorg

Corpus Christi Residents and Businesses Subsidized Industrial Water Bills for Years, Officials Say

By Neena Satija, Dylan Baddour

In Gambia, Salt Water Intrusion Is the Leading Edge of Climate Change

By Phred Dvorak

As It Celebrates the Nation’s Past, Philadelphia Braces for a Hotter Future

By Nina Sablan, Daniel Perrin

Arizona Regulators Are Raising Contaminant Limits for a Uranium Mine With an Arsenic Problem

By Wyatt Myskow, Maya McDaniel

A Chemical Plant Mishandled Hazardous Waste for Years, Then Quietly Shuttered

By Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg

Report on Elevated Lung Cancer Fails to Quell Uproar Around New York’s Largest Landfill

By Peter Mantius

Florida Regulators Stood by as Dozens of Sloths Died, New Records Reveal

By Katie Surma, Kiley Price

NYC Invests in Air Quality, but the Bronx Still Can’t Breathe Easy

By Lauren Dalban

A Court Ruling Leaves Some of New York’s Most Important Wetlands Unprotected

By Madeline Shaw

Feds Grant Final Approval for Arizona Mine Situated in Critical Habitat for Jaguars and Mexican Spotted Owls

By Wyatt Myskow

Record Heat Drives Wildfires in Europe, Forces Thousands to Evacuate

By Keerti Gopal