Environment & Health

Marvin Hayes Is Spreading ‘Compost Fever’ in Baltimore’s Neighborhoods. He Thinks it Might Save the City.

Suicide Watch Incidents in Louisiana Prisons Spike by Nearly a Third on Extreme Heat Days, a New Study Finds

Standards Still Murky for Disposing Oilfield Wastewater in Texas Rivers

Foes of Biden’s Climate Plan Sought a ‘New Solyndra,’ but They Have yet to Dig Up Scandal

Fracking Linked to Increased Cases of Lymphoma in Pennsylvania Children, Study Finds

Dry Springs in Central Texas Warn of Water Shortage Ahead

EPA Overrules Texas Plan to Reduce Haze From Air Pollution at National Parks

When a Coke Plant Closed in Pittsburgh, Cardiovascular ER Visits Plunged

A Growing Movement Looks to End Oil Drilling in the Amazon

Monitoring Air Quality as a Lesson in Climate Change, Civic Engagement and Latino Community Leadership

In Youngstown, a Downtown Tire Pyrolysis Plant Is Called a ‘Recipe for Disaster’

On a ‘Toxic Tour’ of Curtis Bay in South Baltimore, Visiting Academics and Activists See a Hidden Part of the City

A Proposed Gas Rate Hike in Chicago Sparks Debate Amid Shift to Renewable Energy

$File photo: A horizontal gas drilling rig in the Marcellus Shale outside Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. Massive quantities of water, sand and chemicals, many exempt from regulation under the "Halliburton amendment," are pumped into the wells at high pressure as part of the fracking process. Credit: MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty Images.$

‘Halliburton Loophole’ Allows Fracking Companies to Avoid Chemical Regulation

By Jon Hurdle

This Northern Manhattan Wetland Has Faced Climate-Change Induced Erosion and Sea Level Rise. A Living Shoreline Has Reimagined the Space

By Juanita Gordon

Malaria Cases in Florida and Texas Raise Prospect of Greater Transmission in a Warmer Future

By Victoria St. Martin

Miami is Used to Heat, but Not Like This

By Amy Green

Marvin Hayes Is Spreading ‘Compost Fever’ in Baltimore’s Neighborhoods. He Thinks it Might Save the City.

By Aman Azhar

Suicide Watch Incidents in Louisiana Prisons Spike by Nearly a Third on Extreme Heat Days, a New Study Finds

By Gina Jiménez

Standards Still Murky for Disposing Oilfield Wastewater in Texas Rivers

By Martha Pskowski

Foes of Biden’s Climate Plan Sought a ‘New Solyndra,’ but They Have yet to Dig Up Scandal

By Marianne Lavelle