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Nearly 14 years after the United Nations declared the oil-tainted water of Nigeria’s Ogoniland a public health emergency, residents still drink from foul, benzene-laced wells.AnuOluwapo Adelakun ...
A new report warns that the world’s 100-million-plus industrial chemicals are contaminating air, water, and human bodies with health effects ranging from ADHD to cancer.Damien Gayle reports for The ...
A proposed South32 zinc-manganese mine fast-tracked by federal regulators is already linked to shrinking aquifers and metal spikes in private wells in southern Arizona.Wyatt Myskow reports for Inside ...
With the White House poised this week to cancel the Inflation Reduction Act’s Solar for All grants, California regulators face scrutiny for leaving nearly its entire $250 million award unspent.Noah ...
A JAMA study estimates 440 excess deaths in Los Angeles County in the month after January’s wildfires, far above the official toll of 30.Ruby Mellen reports for The Washington Post.In ...
Since returning to office in January, President Donald Trump has peeled back climate and health protections, driving up household costs, weakening pollution safeguards, and stalling clean-energy ...
Vermont farmers face new restrictions on neonicotinoid pesticides as the state begins implementing a 2024 law aimed at protecting pollinators and curbing environmental harm.Sophia Thomas reports for ...
A little-noticed spending rider that would freeze pesticide label updates has put House Republicans at odds with the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) coalition that helped return Donald Trump to the ...
A truck-size atomic power unit slated for an Idaho gold mine signals a broader bid to scatter hundreds of mini-reactors across the United States.Evan Halper reports for The Washington Post.In short:At ...
A federal judge in Washington is weighing whether President Donald Trump exceeded his authority by freezing $3 billion in climate-justice funds intended to shield flood-prone Appalachian towns.Charles ...
As United Nations negotiators debate a plastics treaty in Geneva, Nairobi’s landfill pickers say corporate “plastic credits” are stripping away the bottles they depend on for income.Benard Ogembo, ...
A global study warns that rampant groundwater pumping is accelerating drought, fueling sea level rise, and threatening food ...