‘The next Flint,’ and America’...
Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: A U.S. city is facing a public health crisis, after years of denying that it had a problem with lead in its drinking water supply.
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Congratulations, humans. We have filled the environment with so much plastic, its residue is found in rainwater and snow falling on the tallest mountains and contained in much of the food we eat.
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Climate-changing pollution reached unprecedented levels in 2018. That’s both judged against the last 60 years of modern measurements and against 800,000 years of data culled from ice cores, according to the U.S. government’s State of the Climate report, which was published this week with the American Meteorological Society.
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He’s one of several federal scientists working on climate change who say they have been silenced, sidelined or demoted under the Trump administration.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is supposed to use the “latest available science” to help the nation’s farmers avoid risk, according to its own mission.
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Most of us know ozone as that benevolent stratospheric layer that absorbs the sun’s harmful UV light and keeps us safe.
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Land degradation represents “one of the biggest and most urgent challenges” that humanity faces.
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Australia — The vast, untapped coal reserve in northeastern Australia had for years been the object of desire for the Indian industrial giant Adani.
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Farmers facing record bankruptcies and collapsing incomes due to President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with China were not amused by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue’s joke about their economic pain during an event in Minnesota last week.
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Water issues are becoming more prevalent around the country even as the EPA says it is prioritizing the issue.
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Drug-resistant infections from food are growing. But powerful industry interests are blocking scientists and investigators from getting information they need to combat the problem.
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In the 15th century, Sufi mystics in Yemen brewed a hot, bitter drink to stay focused during late-night rituals.
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I’m sure you’ve heard that old adage, “It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.”
read moreTrump Weakens Endangered Speci...
The changes also let the government consider economic interests and could open doors to oil and gas drilling and mining in sensitive areas, including the Arctic.
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New York City has set out to protect people — and the planet — from the deadliest disaster: heat.
read moreStates Sue Trump Administratio...
A coalition of 29 states and cities on Tuesday sued to block the Trump administration from easing restrictions on coal-burning power plants.
read moreSolar Power Is Playing A Growi...
The US Department of Agriculture has announced that it will no longer track honeybee populations or collect data for its Honey Bee Colonies Report.
read moreAnother Death in Louisiana’s C...
On August 7, after Geraldine Mayho’s funeral, her body was laid to rest in the St. James Catholic Cemetery in southern Louisiana, across the street from a cluster of oil storage tanks.
read moreNewark hands out bottled water...
Water issues are becoming more prevalent around the country even as the EPA says it is prioritizing the issue.
read moreRefugees and the real-life imp...
Climate change isn’t just about science. The migration spurred by extreme weather events is raising deep moral questions around access and equity for developed countries.
read morePlanting Trees Is Good. Elimin...
The UN report says we just have to stop cutting them down.
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As I walked the Florida beach on this August morning, I surveyed the wrack line. Interspersed with shells, empty turtle eggs, drying seaweed, skate egg cases, coconut fronts, dead coral pieces, and sea glass, I could see small and large bits of plastic.
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TAPUWATU, Indonesia — Muhammad Arfa says he thinks a miracle saved his home.
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Attempts to solve the climate crisis by cutting carbon emissions from only cars, factories and power plants are doomed to failure, scientists will warn this week.
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Two new books highlight how pollution is corrupting the bodies — and minds — of people of color.
read moreEPA Stops Collecting Data on P...
EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler exempted farms from reporting hazardous air emissions from animal waste. Prior to this action, farms that emitted 100 pounds or more of ammonia or hydrogen sulfide per day into the air were required to report to local agencies.
read moreExxon Accused of Pressuring Wi...
New York’s attorney general wants a judge to stop the oil giant from subpoenaing documents from investors, saying it would ‘discourage them from testifying’.
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Hello, it’s me: your friendly neighborhood environmental journalist, here to ruin your day. Or the very least, your lunch.
read moreA New Study Reveals Just How T...
Here’s what happened when farmers started using a new class of insecticides.
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