Haunting Photos Take Us Back to the Beginning of the Flint Water Crisis
Photographer Matthew Brandt traveled to Flint, Michigan, from Los Angeles back in 2016. The 35-year-old was there to…
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Puerto Rico's Farmers Face a Long Road to Recovery
On the morning of September 21, 2017, Carlos Lago and Justina DĂaz Bisbal emerged from their household into a…
Revived Keystone XL Pipeline Suffers a Major Setback in Court
Having been struck down by former President Barack Obama and revived by President Donald Trump, the embattled Keystone…
The Dakota Access Pipeline Wants to Ship Even More Oil Across Tribal Lands
As if the original Dakota Access Pipeline didn’t cause enough drama, its developer now wants to expand the crude oil…
Federal Regulators Strike Down Controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline
A federal agency has stopped a major East Coast natural gas pipeline in its tracks—just a week after doing so to a…
Young People Are Convincing Politicians to Stop Taking Fossil Fuel Money
PHILADELPHIA—The temperature reached a sticky 92 degrees on Wednesday, and hadn’t cooled much by the time the climate…
A Pesticide Scott Pruitt Supported Just Got Struck Down in Court
Looks like the Environmental Protection Agency finally has to ban a certain pesticide. An appeals court ordered the…
We Really Need to Ban Asbestos Already
The public is currently Freaking The Fuck Out over asbestos. Yes, the group of cancer-causing minerals people thought…
Public Lands and Threatened Wildlife Are Delaying Two Major Pipelines
New East Coast pipeline projects have been having a rough couple of weeks.
Displaced Puerto Ricans Have Another Month of Housing—But What’s Next?
Ruth Santiago Nieves arrived in Massachusetts from Caguas, Puerto Rico, just a few days after Christmas last year. The…
Latest Study Puts Puerto Rico’s Maria Death Toll Above 1,100
The anniversary for Hurricane Maria is a little over a month away. Despite all the time that has passed, the Puerto…
Tribal Members Are Already Scrutinizing Keystone XL Environmental Review
Construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline is set to begin in 2019, but before then, the public has a chance to comment…
How a Deeply Conservative Island Became a Poster Child For Climate Change
For over twenty years, Virginia-based journalist Earl Swift has been writing about Tangier Island, a tiny slip of land…
Why It’s Hard for Flint Residents to Trust That School Water Is Lead-Free
It’s been more than four years since the water crisis struck Flint, Michigan, and residents are still reeling,…
Supreme Court Rules Climate Kids Will Have Their Day in Court
There’s hope in our world after all: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark climate case, Juliana v. United…
A Landowner Is Suing to Keep Louisiana Pipeline Off His Property
Court dates are racking up for Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the 163-mile Bayou Bridge Pipeline in…
This Latest Straw Ban Also Comes With a Ban on Toxic Food Packaging
From Disney World to Seattle, plastic straw bans have become, well, trendy. So it’s perhaps no surprise that San…
Coal Mining Has Destroyed 1.5 Million Acres of Appalachian Forest
Coal has completely transformed the landscape in Central Appalachia. This region’s rich history of coal mining dates…
Drought Has Wiped Out 130 Millions Pounds of Corn in El Salvador
The tiny Central American country of El Salvador’s civil protection agency has issued a “red alert” as of Tuesday. The…
Will Climate Change Actually Increase Suicide Rates?
Climate change is a public health crisis from its impacts on air quality to wiping out the healthcare systems we need…
