EartherEnvironmental JusticeEartherEnvironmental JusticeDoes Your Community Have Lead in Its Soil? Here’s What to DoLead is not just a problem of the past. With these tips, you can help protect everyone’s future.ByYvette Cabrera, GristPublishedMarch 24, 2023Comments (2)
EartherEnvironmental JusticeEartherEnvironmental JusticeOhio Sues Norfolk Southern Over Toxic East Palestine Train DerailmentThe derailment and following controlled burning released hazardous chemicals into the surrounding air, water, and…ByAngely MercadoPublishedMarch 14, 2023Comments (3)
EartherEnvironmental JusticeEartherEnvironmental JusticeThe EPA Is Finally Going to Limit Forever Chemicals in America’s Drinking WaterThere are currently no federal limits on toxic PFAS in drinking water throughout the country.ByAngely MercadoPublishedMarch 14, 2023Comments (5)
EartherEnvironmental JusticeEartherEnvironmental JusticeCop City Protestors Reportedly Arrested and Charged With Terrorism for Having Muddy ShoesThis week, 23 more activists in the ongoing Atlanta, Georgia struggle now face domestic terrorism charges, and the…ByLauren LefferPublishedMarch 10, 2023Comments (20)
EartherEnvironmental JusticeEartherEnvironmental JusticeAnother Norfolk Southern Train Derailed Just Hours Before Congressional HearingThe incident in Alabama is at least the company's fourth derailment in just over a month, including the East…ByLauren LefferPublishedMarch 9, 2023Comments (14)
EartherEnvironmental JusticeEartherEnvironmental JusticeSecond Norfolk Southern Train Derailment in Ohio Prompts Federal ProbeAnother of the rail company's freight trains overturned this weekend. NTSB investigators headed to the site on…ByLauren LefferPublishedMarch 6, 2023Comments (17)
EartherEnvironmental JusticeEartherEnvironmental JusticeProtesters and Police Clash at Explosive Protest at Atlanta's 'Cop City'The Atlanta Police Department said that the officers “exercised restraint” and “used non-lethal enforcement” to…ByKevin HurlerPublishedMarch 6, 2023Comments (8)
EartherEnvironmental JusticeEartherEnvironmental JusticeHazards of Gas Stoves Were Flagged by the Industry—and Hidden—50 Years AgoUtilities knew about the dangers of indoor air pollution in 1972 and downplayed them, a DeSmog investigation found.ByKate Yoder, GristPublishedMarch 6, 2023Comments (5)
EartherEnvironmental JusticeEartherEnvironmental JusticeEast Palestine Derailment Triggers ‘an Uneasy Feeling’ in a Growing Petrochemical HubThe Upper Ohio River Valley has been layered in industrial pollution for centuries, and residents are fed up.ByEve Andrews, GristPublishedMarch 3, 2023Comments (6)
EartherEnvironmental JusticeEartherEnvironmental JusticeWhy Is Greta Thunberg Protesting a Wind Farm?“Indigenous rights, human rights, must go hand-in-hand with climate protection and climate action,” Thunberg said.ByMolly TaftPublishedMarch 1, 2023Comments (35)
EartherEnvironmental JusticeEartherEnvironmental JusticeCan You Tell If a ‘Bomb Train’ Is Coming to Your Town? It’s ComplicatedIn the wake of the Ohio train derailment, towns wonder how to avoid same fate.ByJohn McCracken, GristPublishedFebruary 27, 2023Comments (7)
EartherEnvironmental JusticeEartherEnvironmental JusticeEast Palestine Train Derailment Killed at Least 43,000 AnimalsOfficials are optimistic that the stream ecosystem will recover, but "it won't be quick."ByLauren LefferPublishedFebruary 24, 2023Comments (1)
EartherEnvironmental JusticeEartherEnvironmental JusticeREI Will Ban ‘Forever Chemicals’ From Clothes and Cookware in 2024The announcement is “yet another nail in the coffin for PFAS.”ByJoseph Winters, GristPublishedFebruary 23, 2023Comments (1)
EartherEnvironmental JusticeEartherEnvironmental JusticeOhio Train Latest: Clinic Opens for Residents and EPA Demands PaymentPeople in East Palestine continue to be worried about the chemicals they were exposed to.ByAngely MercadoPublishedFebruary 21, 2023Comments (2)
EartherEnvironmental JusticeEartherEnvironmental JusticeThe Train Derailment in Ohio Was a Disaster Waiting to HappenTrains carry hazardous chemicals everyday. They're also dangerously unregulated.ByJohn McCracken, GristPublishedFebruary 21, 2023Comments (6)
EartherEnvironmental JusticeEartherEnvironmental JusticeAny Way the Wind BlowsA Koch-owned chemical plant in Texas spent years running from the Clean Air Act. New evidence suggests it bent the…ByNaveena Sadasivam & Clayton Aldern, GristPublishedFebruary 20, 2023Comments (4)
EartherEnvironmental JusticeEartherEnvironmental JusticeAmerica's Worst Toxic Train DisastersLooking back at some of the most harmful train derailments in recent U.S. history.ByMolly TaftUpdatedFebruary 22, 2023Comments (9)
EartherEnvironmental JusticeEartherEnvironmental JusticeWhat a Health Risk Scientist Still Wants to Know About the Ohio Train DerailmentA public health expert says these are the questions he has in the aftermath of a toxic chemical spill in East…ByAngely MercadoPublishedFebruary 17, 2023Comments (5)
EartherEnvironmental JusticeEartherEnvironmental JusticeThe Ohio Train Derailment Is a Disaster of MisinformationAmid a local news void and right-wing scaremongering, bad science is spreading around the toxic train derailment in…ByMolly TaftPublishedFebruary 16, 2023Comments (74)
EartherEnvironmental JusticeEartherEnvironmental JusticeOhio Train Derailment Latest: Residents Attempt Home Cleanups, EPA Removes SoilMany people in East Palestine remain unsure of what risks they are being exposed to and what steps they should take.ByAngely MercadoPublishedFebruary 15, 2023Comments (3)