Articles by Staff Writer Joseph Winters
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![PVC pipes stacked in the back of a truck]()
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As states replace lead pipes, plastic alternatives could bring new risks
Cities and states that substitute PVC for lead pipes "may well be leaping from the frying pan into the fire."
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![Aerial view of a tree-filled neighborhood]()
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In Washington state, a new initiative to boost urban tree cover
The Washington Tree Equity Collaborative aims to bring more greenery to underserved communities.
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![Aerial view of petrochemical facilities and the Mississippi River]()
![Aerial view of petrochemical facilities and the Mississippi River]()
Green groups sue EPA over decades-old water pollution rules
Technologies to control wastewater contamination have come a long way since the 1980s. Regulations haven’t.
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![Collage of smokestack with smoke cloud cut out]()
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Inside climate activists’ uneasy relationship with ‘net-zero’
How the logic of carbon neutrality got “lit on fire” by big polluters.
