Recent News
- The Environmental Policy Backed By Free-market Republicans
- In Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley,’ Black Communities Get All of the Pollution, Few of the Jobs
- The Unregulated Link in a Toxic Supply Chain
- Why the Forest Service is Logging After Hurricane Helene — and Why Some Say It’s a Mistake
State Denies Drax, a Repeat Violator, Ability to Expand Emissions
Last year, the state fined Drax $225,000 for releasing over 50% more than its permitted limit of HAPs into the air.
Fishermen, Scientists Differ on Whale Mortality, Wind Energy
Since 2016, humpback whale mortalities have increased, along with a rise in the deaths of minke and North Atlantic right whales along the Atlantic coast.
Rachel Carson, Cancer, and the NIH
While writing Silent Spring, Rachel Carson was dying of metastasizing breast cancer. Often in agony before she died, Carson asked her friends and colleagues to form an organization, the Rachel Carson Council (RCC), to carry on her work.
Trump Administration Must Unfreeze Billions in Climate Funding, Judge Rules
Five government agencies must release billions of dollars in funding for climate and infrastructure-related projects that had been paused by the Trump administration, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Four Ways Your Community Can Save Lives During This Summer’s Heat Waves
After cuts at FEMA and the National Weather Service, the role of local governments in protecting people from dangerous weather is growing even more important.
‘Hands off’: Protesters Rally Nationwide to Defend Democracy, Public Health, and Climate Action
Americans across all 50 states took to the streets to push back against what they see as a dismantling of democratic institutions and threats to public health.