Environment & Health
USDA Says It Needs Roads to Fight Remote Wildfires, but a New Study Says Roads Bring More Fire to Forests
By Zoë Rom
Climate-Fueled Wildfires and Dust Storms Drove Up Air Pollution Around the World Last Year
By Kiley Bense, Keerti Gopal
Report Shows Earth’s Climate is Out of Balance, as Indicators Hit New Extremes
By Bob Berwyn
Border Communities Remain in the Dark About Federal Government’s Billion-Dollar Buoy Project
By Martha Pskowski
Replacing Toxic Lead Pipes Could Drive Job Creation in Illinois, Report Finds
By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco
In the Fight to Defend the Amazon, This Indigenous Community’s Secret Weapon Is Science
Story and photos by Katie Surma
Courts’ Fight Over ‘Cop City’ Protests Raises Questions About Terrorism Laws and Environmental Activism
By Jade Yeban
Two Years After Fatal Explosion, Alabama Mine Regulator ‘Letting the Fox Guard the Henhouse,’ Resident Says
By Lee Hedgepeth
A New Study Links a Record-Breaking Tropical Disease Outbreak in Peru to Climate-Driven Extreme Weather
By Liza Gross
Senator Launches Investigation Into Methane Pollution in the Permian Basin
By Phil McKenna
Trump Administration Auctions Contested Arctic Lands for Oil Drilling
By Nicholas Kusnetz
South Texas Officials Didn’t Know Tesla Was Discharging Lithium Refinery Wastewater Into Local Ditch
By Arcelia Martin
Wondering How to Talk About Climate Change? Take a Lesson from Bad Bunny
By David Sun
A New Wine Label Promotes Workers’ Rights
By Liza Gross
The Fight Over New Jersey’s Tough Environmental Justice Law Is Now in the Courts
By Emilie Lounsberry
After Trump’s Interior Secretary Transferred Thousands of Staff to His Office, Chaos Followed, Former Workers Say
By Jake Bolster, Peter Aldhous
