Petrochemicals Are Killing Us, a New Report Warns in the New England Journal of Medicine It’s well known that fossil fuels are the primary driver of climate change. A dirty secret is that they’re also the source of toxic chemicals linked to rising rates of chronic and deadly diseases. By Liza Gross
In the ‘Armpit of the Universe,’ a Window Into the Persistent Inequities of Environmental Policy By Kiley Bense, Victoria St. Martin
A Gas Tanker Crashed in Birmingham and Spilled 2,100 Gallons Into Nearby Village Creek. Who Is Responsible? By Lee Hedgepeth
A ‘Gassy’ Alabama Coal Mine Was Expanding Under a Family’s Home. After an Explosion, Two Were Left Critically Injured By Lee Hedgepeth, James Bruggers
California Votes to Consider Health and Environment in Future Energy Planning By Emma Foehringer Merchant
Maryland Lawmakers Remain Uncommitted to Ending Subsidies for Trash Incineration, Prompting Advocate Concern By Aman Azhar
Q&A: California Nurse and Environmental Health Pioneer Barbara Sattler on Climate Change as a Medical Emergency By Liza Gross
Alabamians Want Public Officials to Mitigate Landslide Risk as Climate Change Makes Extreme Precipitation More Frequent By Lee Hedgepeth
Tribes Meeting With Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Describe Harms Uranium Mining Has Had on Them, and the Threats New Mines Pose By Noel Lyn Smith
‘Insure Our Future:’ A Global Movement Says the Insurance Industry Could Be the Key to Ending Fossil Fuels By Keerti Gopal
Wyoming Considers Relaxing Its Carbon Capture Standards for Electric Utilities, Scrambling Political Alliances on Climate Change and Energy By Jake Bolster
How Developing Nations Battered by Climate Change Are Crushed by Debt From International Lenders By Katie Surma
West Virginia Families Pleaded for Help With Health Issues After Fracking Started Nearby. None Came By Quinn Glabicki, PublicSource
Alabama Supreme Court IVF Ruling Renews Focus on Plastics, Chemical Exposure and Infertility By James Bruggers, Lee Hedgepeth
A White House Advisor and Environmental Justice Activist Wants Immediate Help for Two Historically Black Communities in Alabama By Lee Hedgepeth