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EEnvironment
Water quality expert Bob Bowcock tests a creek for cancer-causing PFAS “forever chemicals” at a property in Dalton, Ga., on June 12, 2025. Credit: Issam Ahmed/AFP via Getty Images
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Former EPA Staff Detail Expanding Pollution Risks Under Trump

  • February 28, 2026
In a new report that outlines a dozen high-risk pollutants given new life thanks to weakened, delayed or…
HHealth care
Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, speaks at the Health Action Conference on Jan. 22 in Washington, D.C. The American Public Health Association is among several health organizations involved in the suit. Credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Community Catalyst
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Healthcare Professionals, Scientists and Children Sue the EPA for Backtracking on Greenhouse Gas Regulation

  • February 19, 2026
Two lawsuits filed Wednesday in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals mark the beginning of a rocky legal…
EEnvironment
Blake Muir and his niece, Jennifer Sullivan, stand near a tank battery on his land in Gonzales County. Data shows it could come under nearly 15 feet of water in a 500-year flood. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News
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‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’: How the Fracking Boom Put an Oil Field in the Guadalupe River Floodplain

  • February 8, 2026
GONZALES, Texas—More than 500 enormous oil tanks dot the floodplains of the Guadalupe River and its tributaries where…
EEnvironment
Steam rises from one of the plants near the Houston Ship Channel on Jan. 26 in Deer Park, Texas. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images
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Under Trump, EPA’s Enforcement of Environmental Laws Collapses, Report Finds

  • February 8, 2026
Enforcement against polluters in the United States plunged in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term,…
EEnvironment
A view of the Chevron Richmond Refinery in Contra Costa County, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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Mapping Unequal Climate Risks in a Northern California County

  • February 6, 2026
The Bay Area Air District kicked off the new year with a warning for residents of the nine…
MMental health
Julissa Hernandez used to run track and field as a student at Niagara Falls High School before her asthma forced her to quit. She believes the poor air quality in in the New York town contributed to her complications. Credit: Jennifer Wybieracki
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How Two Teens in Niagara Falls Are Confronting Pollution and a Mental Health Crisis

  • February 5, 2026
Julissa Hernandez was at work when she saw the news, in 2024, that a young mother, Chianti Means,…
EEnvironment
The aerial view shows a modest house and the American flag out front partially underwater.
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Amid National Call to Make Polluters Pay, Illinois Lawmakers Are Prepping a Climate Change Superfund Bill

  • February 1, 2026
Illinois lawmakers plan to introduce a climate change superfund bill in the state legislature this session, the latest…
EEnvironment
White-gray emissions billow from the stacks in the background. In the foreground is an American flag on a telephone pole.
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The Cost of Ignoring Fossil Fuel Pollution’s Health Impacts

  • January 25, 2026
From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Steve Curwood with…
EEnvironment
Lick Run, a tributary to West Virginia’s Cheat River, is one of many waterways in Appalachia that are impaired by pollution from coal mining. Acid mine drainage can create a reddish coloring in affected streams. Credit: Courtesy of Friends of the Cheat
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Coal Communities Accuse Congress of Breaking Its Promise to Clean Up Abandoned Mine Lands

  • January 19, 2026
When the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was signed into law in 2021, authorizing more than $11 billion…
EEnvironment
Women sit on a sidewalk along the dried-up riverbed of the Zayanderud in Isfahan, Iran, on Dec. 1, 2025. Credit: Hozi/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
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Iran’s Regime Has Survived War, Sanctions and Uprising. Environmental Crises May Bring It Down.

  • January 15, 2026
The anti‑government protests sweeping across Iran, from major cities to rural towns, are fueled by anger over economic…
EEnvironment
How a PR Giant Hijacked COP30 to Greenwash the Planet
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How a PR Giant Hijacked COP30 to Greenwash the Planet

  • October 27, 2025
Activism / October 27, 2025 Edelman invented the fossil fuel narratives, and now it’s running communications for COP30.…
EEnvironment
As Trump Guts Climate Justice Work, Coastal Cities Push Back
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As Trump Guts Climate Justice Work, Coastal Cities Push Back

  • August 3, 2025
This spring, as the federal government was busy canceling $1.7 billion in environmental justice grants, Seattle did the…
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