Equity
Construction begins on controversial lithium mine in Nevada
Opponents say the Thacker Pass lithium project was rushed in the name of the green transition.
Read MoreStudy: Extreme heat is driving deaths in US prisons
New research makes clear the link between climate change and prison mortality.
Read MoreEast Palestine train disaster has nearby towns questioning their own safety
The Upper Ohio River Valley has been layered in industrial pollution for centuries, and residents are fed up.
Read MoreOne year in, the devastating environmental impact of war in Ukraine comes into view
Forest fires, burst pipelines, and chemical waste are just some of the more than 800 instances of environmental degradation recorded since the war began.
Read MoreWhy the White House’s environmental justice tool is still disappointing advocates
New changes “ended up making the program less focused on people of color than it originally was,” one advocate said.
Read MoreAfter Ohio train derailment, is your town next? It’s complicated.
In the wake of the Ohio train derailment, towns wonder how to avoid same fate.
Read MoreCoal plant pollution can be deadly — even hundreds of miles downwind
The coal industry may be dying in the U.S., but its health impacts are not, report finds.
Read MoreEven with legal protections, extreme heat and wildfire take a toll on farmworkers
Nearly half of workers in California say their farms are not in compliance with safety codes for extreme weather, survey finds.
Read MoreEPA issues rare veto, halting Alaska’s Pebble mine
Mining waste would have jeopardized the world’s largest sockeye salmon run.
Read MoreAnn Arbor’s big decarbonization bet
The Michigan city has ambitions to go carbon neutral, and they begin in one of its most frontline neighborhoods.
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