Environment & Health
As a Colorado Aquifer Runs Low, Dangerous Heavy Metals Threaten Rural Communities’ Drinking Water
By Emily Payne
How Climate Change Makes Your Allergies Worse
By Keerti Gopal
War Harms the Environment. Can a Peace Treaty Repair the Damage?
By Jaylan Sims
Flooding in Chicago Is Getting Worse. Here’s Why.
By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times
How the Rush to Mine the Metal of the Future Echoes America’s Colonial Past
By Johanna Hansel, Carla Samon Ros, Wyatt Myskow
What the US Could Learn About Mining on Indigenous Peoples’ Ancestral Lands
By Johanna Hansel, Carla Samon Ros, Wyatt Myskow
How We Tracked the Lithium Rush
By Johanna Hansel, Carla Samon Ros, Wyatt Myskow
With Fertilizer Pollution on the Rise, Iowa Will Invest $100 Million in Water Treatment
By Anika Jane Beamer
As Energy, War and Climate Collide, a Conference in Colombia Charts a Path Beyond Fossil Fuels
By Bob Berwyn
Western Lawmakers Move To Weaken Clean Air Act and Shield Fossil Fuel Companies From Climate Lawsuits
By Jake Bolster
In Florida, Alligator Alcatraz Remains Open Among Sacred Miccosukee Lands
By Amy Green
Tribe and Environmentalists to Sue Feds Over Arizona Mine’s Impacts to Threatened Owls
By Wyatt Myskow
California Will Soon Have More Than 300 Data Centers. Where Will They Get Their Water?
By Steven Rodas
Thousands of People Say Roundup Caused Their Cancer. The Supreme Court May Quash Their Lawsuits.
By Lee Hedgepeth
Trump’s Environmental Cuts Further Marginalize Vulnerable Communities
By Amy Green
Nearly One-Fifth of Americans Are Consuming Water With High Levels of Nitrates
By Georgina Gustin