Equity

One more way the world wasn’t prepared for coronavirus: Air pollution

The connections between dirty air and the virus.

Kate Yoder Equity

DDT’s toxic legacy could span three generations

Scientists have struggled to link DDT and cancer. Then a library of frozen blood changed everything.

Jesse Nichols Equity

Did DDT play a role in my family’s cancers?

These four sisters all developed breast cancer, despite having no genetic markers for the illness. Was something in their environment responsible? One of their daughters is looking at the once widely-used insecticide DDT as the possible culprit.

Jesse Nichols Equity

Report: Utilities are less likely to replace lead pipes in low-income communities of color

"If a program primarily benefits those with money, you’re going to have an environmental justice problem."

Rachel Ramirez Equity

Pandemic? Silent killer? We may need to talk differently about air pollution.

Menacing nicknames are no match for a good story.

Kate Yoder Equity

Warming oceans could lure the world’s fisheries into uncharted waters

How will tropical nations cope when their fish move to cooler waters?

Sierra Garcia Equity

Researchers blast ‘forever chemicals’ into oblivion with plasma

Dubbed “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down over time, now scientists like Sales are racing to figure out how to clean PFAS up.

Emily Pontecorvo Equity

This tiny but mighty California bureau is taking on polluters

For two years, California's Bureau of Environmental Justice has pursued a singular focus: protecting vulnerable communities from pollution and contamination.

Yvette Cabrera Equity

Thanks to Trump, Keystone XL is back. The anti-pipeline movement is ready.

“We ain’t shook. And we’re waiting.”

Delilah Friedler Equity

This Philadelphia refinery is the country’s worst benzene polluter. Trump wants to keep it open.

Out of the 114 refineries examined across the country over the course of a year, Philadelphia Energy Solutions emitted the highest levels of benzene.