Environment & Health

Q&A: How a Land Purchase Inspired by an Unfulfilled Promise Aims to Make People of Color Feel Welcome in the Wilderness

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

In Chile’s Southern Tip, a Bet on Hydrogen Worries Conservationists

By Alexa Robles-Gil

First Heat Protection Standards for Workers Proposed by Biden Administration

By Marianne Lavelle

In New York’s Finger Lakes Region, Long-Haul Garbage Trucks Trigger Town Resolutions Against Landfill Expansion

By Peter Mantius

US Prisons and Jails Exposed to an Increasing Number of Hazardous Heat Days, Study Says

By Sarah Hopkins

California Communities Celebrate ‘Massive’ Victory as Oil Industry Drops Unpopular Referendum

By Liza Gross

Louisville Finally Takes Stock of Abandoned Waste Dump Inside a Preserved Forest

By James Bruggers

To Save the Amazon, What if We Listened to Those Living Within It?

By Katie Surma

How To Survive a Heat Wave on a Fixed Income

By Gautama Mehta, Grist

Texas Opens More Coastal Waters for Carbon Dioxide Injection Wells

By Dylan Baddour

Federal Commission OKs Largest LNG Terminal in US; Local Advocates Expected to Sue

By Pam Radtke, Floodlight

NTSB Says Norfolk Southern Threatened Staff as They Investigated the East Palestine Derailment

By Kiley Bense

Ongoing Spending on Gas Infrastructure Can Worsen Energy Poverty, Impede Energy Transition, Maryland Utility Advocate Says

By Aman Azhar

Is This Palm Oil Company Operating on Protected Forestland?

By Jenaye Johnson

EPA Urges US Army to Test for PFAS in Creeks Flowing Out of Former Seneca Army Depot

By Peter Mantius

For Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley,’ Study Shows An Even Graver Risk From Toxic Gases

By Victoria St. Martin

The Chesapeake Bay Program Isn’t Likely to Hit Its 2025 Cleanup Goals. What Happens Next?

By Aman Azhar

Kids Are Particularly Vulnerable to Extreme Weather. What Are We Doing About It?

By Kiley Price