Environment & Health
California Governor Signs Bills to Tighten Restrictions on Oil and Gas Drillers
By Liza Gross
Focus on the ‘Forgotten Greenhouse Gas’ Intensifies as All Eyes Are on the U.S. and China to Curb Pollution
By Phil McKenna
One Town’s Challenge to Build a Safe Inclusive Park
By Leslie Hurtado, Cicero Independiente
Erradicar el riesgo: el reto de Cicero para construir un parque inclusivo que sea seguro
By Leslie Hurtado, Cicero Independiente
Activists Disrupt Occidental Petroleum CEO’s Interview at New York Times Climate Event
By Keerti Gopal, Jake Bolster
Coal Miner Dies at Alabama Mine With Dozens of Recent Safety Citations
By Lee Hedgepeth, James Bruggers
Chicago’s Latino Neighborhoods Have Less Access to Parks, But Residents Are Working to Change That
By Aydali Campa, Borderless Magazine
Baltimore Is Investing in Wetlands Restoration, a Climate Line of Defense
By Aman Azhar
New Study Finds Lakes in Minority Communities Across the US Are Less Likely to be Monitored
By Lydia Larsen
In Alabama, a Small Town’s Trash Policy Has Left Black Moms and Disabled Residents Criminally Charged Over Unpaid Garbage Fees
By Lee Hedgepeth
Finding a Fix for Playgrounds That Are Too Hot to Touch
By Wyatt Myskow
En busca de soluciones para los parques infantiles donde el calor quema
By Wyatt Myskow
A Thousand Lives Lost, and Millions Disrupted, by Flooding in Western Africa
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
RFK Jr.’s ‘Sad’ Slide From Environmental Hero to Outcast
By Phil McKenna
Can Mississippi Advocates Use a Turtle To Fight a Huge Pearl River Engineering Project?
By Illan Ireland, Mississippi Free Press and Elise Plunk, Louisiana Illuminator
A Walk in the Woods with My Brain on Fire: Summer
Text and photos by David Sassoon