Environment & Health
Rural Communities Like East Palestine, Ohio, Are at Outsized Risk of Train Derailments and the Ensuing Fallout
By Aydali Campa
Environmental Auditors Approve Green Labels for Products Linked to Deforestation and Authoritarian Regimes
By Scilla Alecci
Two Volcanologists on the Edge of the Abyss, Searching for the Secrets of the Earth
By Kiley Bense
To Reduce Mortality From High Heat in Cities, a New Study Recommends Trees
By Danish Bajwa
EPA Paused Waste Shipments From Ohio Train Derailment After Texas Uproar
By Dylan Baddour
The ‘Environmental Injustice of Beauty’: The Role That Pressure to Conform Plays In Use of Harmful Hair, Skin Products Among Women of Color
By Victoria St. Martin
What Denmark’s North Sea Coast Can Teach Us About the Virtues of Respecting the Planet
By Kiley Bense
Hurricanes Ian and Nicole Left Devastating Flooding in Central Florida. Will it Happen Again?
By Amy Green, WMFE
Indoor Pollutant Concentrations Are Significantly Lower in Homes Without a Gas Stove, Nonprofit Finds
By Delaney Dryfoos, Victoria St. Martin
Pennsylvania Environmental Officials Took 9 Days to Inspect a Gas Plant Outside Pittsburgh That Caught Fire on Christmas Day
By Jon Hurdle
In Northern Virginia, a Coming Data Center Boom Sounds a Community Alarm
By Aman Azhar
Q&A: Cancer Alley Is Real, And Louisiana Officials Helped Create It, Researchers Find
By James Bruggers
Destroying ‘Forever Chemicals’ is a Technological Race that Could Become a Multibillion-dollar Industry
By Chloe Johnson, Star Tribune
Coal Ash Along the Shores of the Great Lakes Threatens Water Quality as Residents Rally for Change
By Grace van Deelen
Gov. Moore Commits Funding for 67 Hires in Maryland’s Embattled Environment Department, Hoping to Fix Wastewater Treatment Woes
By Aman Azhar
Confronting California’s Water Crisis
By Liza Gross