Environment & Health

Preserving Alabama’s Flagg Mountain, the Southernmost Appalachian Peak

By Dennis Pillion

New York’s Congestion Pricing Could Worsen Traffic in Poor Neighborhoods

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Vermont’s Climate Superfund Faces First Legal Challenge from Fossil Fuel Interests

By Olivia Gieger

Conservation Won Big Under Biden. Environmentalists and Tribal Leaders Fear Trump Will Undo Those Gains

By Wyatt Myskow

A Novelist Imagined a Climate-Driven Wildfire Burning LA, Then Watched It Happen

By Michael Kodas

Farmworkers and Allies Stage Die-in at California Pesticide Hearing

By Liza Gross

Corpus Christi Launches Emergency Water Projects as Reservoirs Dwindle and Industrial Demand Grows

By Dylan Baddour

Executive Orders on Energy and Climate Have Advocates Across the Nation on Edge

By Dan Gearino, Aman Azhar, Amy Green, Dylan Baddour, Jake Bolster, Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense, Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz, Phil McKenna

Are Southern California Fires Outpacing Wildlife’s Ability to Adapt?

By Liza Gross

Wildfire Rebuilds Are an Opportunity to Build More Resilient and Sustainable Homes. But That Comes With Controversy

By Wyatt Myskow

Virginia Once Drained and Dried Peatlands, but Now Eyes Them as Carbon Sinks

By Diana Kruzman

Millions Left in Air Pollution ‘Blind Spots’ Despite Stricter EPA Standards

By Rambo Talabong

The Supreme Court Let Lawsuits Against Oil Companies Proceed. This Is What It Means

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth

Smoke and Ash Made More Toxic by the Contents of Burning Homes Threaten Residents of LA and Beyond

By Audrey Gray and Andrew Robinson

A Court Says Coastal Marine Ecosystems Have Intrinsic Value—and Legal Rights

By Katie Surma

‘Virtually Any City on Earth Can Burn Now’

By Kiley Bense

Texas Is Unprepared for Compound Climate Disasters

By Jana Cholakovska, Public Health Watch

To Reduce its Carbon Footprint, UNC Could Burn Pellets Composed of Paper and Plastic

By Lisa Sorg