Health
After a Decade, Federal Officials Tighten Guidelines on Air Pollution
As a child, Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir remembers being taken from doctor to doctor by her parents as they searched desperately for a way to manage her asthma. She wondered then if there was something in the air that made it difficult for her to breathe. Today, Lovinsky-Desir is a pediatric pulmonologist, using her childhood experience with […]
Read MoreEPA’s proposed air pollution standards for soot could save thousands of lives
Health experts say it doesn’t go far enough to limit the deadly pollutant.
Read MoreA new EPA proposal is reigniting a debate about what counts as ‘renewable’
The agency wants more ethanol, biogas, and wood pellet power in the nation’s fuel mix. But is that actually a good thing?
Read MoreThe US has a new pollution rule for heavy-duty trucks for the first time in 2 decades
Cleaner trucks will mean better air and health for overburdened communities.
Read MoreAfter years of pressure, 3M will stop making ‘forever chemicals’
Legal experts estimate future PFAS litigation could cost the company more than $30 billion.
Read MoreNew data show Houston-area communities are being flooded with chemicals
“The people there are tired of being studied. We need to take action.”
Read MoreStrange diseases are spreading in Blackfeet Country. Can dogs track down the culprits?
Strange diseases are spreading in Blackfeet Country. Can canines track down the culprits?
Read MoreBehavioral Scientists’ Appeal To Climate Researchers: Study The Bias
For Leticia Nogueira, it started with the frogs. As a grade schooler visiting her grandfather’s farm in her native Brazil, she and her family would stay up listening to the amphibians croak through the night. By the time she was a teenager, those trips to the farm were notable only for their profound silence. “We […]
Read MoreDespite a Changing Climate, Americans Are ‘Flocking to Fire’
Despite an increase in wildfire risk spurred by climate change, Americans are moving to wildfire-prone areas and prioritizing lower housing costs and amenities such as temperate weather and recreational opportunities over risk of natural disasters. An analysis of U.S. migration data from the past decade published today, “Flocking to fire: How climate and natural hazards […]
Read MoreA New Push Is on in Chicago to Connect Urban Farmers With Institutional Buyers Like Schools and Hospitals
More local growers, a healthier population and climate change mitigation are what urban agriculture advocates and researchers envision for the future of Chicago’s food systems. Linking small producers and producers of color with public institutions like schools, hospitals and detention centers in the food supply chain can be a significant step in that direction because […]
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