Environment & Health
Will the Nation’s First Heat Protection Standard Safeguard the Most Vulnerable Workers?
By Liza Gross
Tourists Are Feeling the Heat—and Their Bodies May Not Be Able to Catch Up
By Kiley Price
Average Global Temperature Has Warmed 1.5 Degrees Celsius Above Pre-industrial Levels for 12 Months in a Row
By Bob Berwyn
Peering Inside the Pandora’s Box of Oil and Gas Waste
By Kiley Bense
‘Not Caused by an Act of God’: In a Rare Court Action, an Oregon County Seeks to Hold Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable for Extreme Temperatures
By Victoria St. Martin
New NOAA Initiative Will Provide $60 Million in Funding to Train Workers for Green Jobs
By Ruchi Shahagadkar
Facing Climate Gentrification, an Historic African American Community Outside Charleston, S.C., Embraces Conservation
By Daniel Shailer
The Minnesota Dam That Partially Failed Is One of Nearly 200 Across the Upper Midwest in Similarly ‘Poor’ Condition
By Kristoffer Tigue
Q&A: How a Land Purchase Inspired by an Unfulfilled Promise Aims to Make People of Color Feel Welcome in the Wilderness
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
In Chile’s Southern Tip, a Bet on Hydrogen Worries Conservationists
By Alexa Robles-Gil
First Heat Protection Standards for Workers Proposed by Biden Administration
By Marianne Lavelle
In New York’s Finger Lakes Region, Long-Haul Garbage Trucks Trigger Town Resolutions Against Landfill Expansion
By Peter Mantius
US Prisons and Jails Exposed to an Increasing Number of Hazardous Heat Days, Study Says
By Sarah Hopkins
California Communities Celebrate ‘Massive’ Victory as Oil Industry Drops Unpopular Referendum
By Liza Gross
Louisville Finally Takes Stock of Abandoned Waste Dump Inside a Preserved Forest
By James Bruggers
To Save the Amazon, What if We Listened to Those Living Within It?
By Katie Surma
