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![People on a beach and swimming in Lake Michigan at Calumet Park with facility in background]()
![People on a beach and swimming in Lake Michigan at Calumet Park with facility in background]()
Chicago neighborhood groups sue US Army Corps of Engineers over expansion of a polluted dump
“Our community is fighting back and saying ‘no more.’”
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![Photo of a pot sitting above flames burning on a gas stove.]()
![Photo of a pot sitting above flames burning on a gas stove.]()
The hazards of gas stoves were flagged by the industry — and hidden — 50 years ago
Utilities knew about the dangers of indoor air pollution in 1972 and downplayed them, a DeSmog investigation found.
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In a growing petrochemical hub, the East Palestine derailment triggers ‘an uneasy feeling’
The Upper Ohio River Valley has been layered in industrial pollution for centuries, and residents are fed up.
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![Silhouette of the country Ukraine with a missile buried in the center and red circular lines surrounding the missile]()
![Silhouette of the country Ukraine with a missile buried in the center and red circular lines surrounding the missile]()
One year in, the toxic legacy of war in Ukraine comes into view
Forest fires, burst pipelines, and chemical waste are just some of the more than 800 instances of environmental degradation recorded since the war began.
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![An aerial view of a snow-covered Montana town in the foothills of a mountain, with a mine scraped out in the foothills of the mountain]()
![An aerial view of a snow-covered Montana town in the foothills of a mountain, with a mine scraped out in the foothills of the mountain]()
Newly revealed records show how the EPA sided with polluters in a small Montana mining town
Documents detail how the EPA coordinated with the very companies they’re supposed to regulate by attacking researchers and smearing peer-reviewed science.
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![A view of long pipes that feed into an oil refinery in the distance]()
![A view of long pipes that feed into an oil refinery in the distance]()
This “climate-friendly” fuel comes with an astronomical cancer risk
Almost half of products cleared so far under the new federal biofuels program are not in fact biofuels — and the EPA acknowledges that the plastic-based ones may present an “unreasonable risk” to human health or the environment.
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![Digital collage: historic map of Mobile Bay, sign to Africatown, photo of Cudjo Lewis, and illustration of a slave ship]()
![Digital collage: historic map of Mobile Bay, sign to Africatown, photo of Cudjo Lewis, and illustration of a slave ship]()
How the seeds of environmental racism were planted in the Progressive Era
Africatown, the only U.S. community established by West Africans who survived the Middle Passage, demonstrates the long roots of environmental injustice.
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![a man in an orange vest holds a coupler between two parts of a truck]()
![a man in an orange vest holds a coupler between two parts of a truck]()
California is racing to electrify trucks. Can the industry keep up?
As frontline communities demand relief from diesel pollution, trucking advocates warn the state is moving too fast.
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As climate change disrupts ecosystems, a new outbreak of bird flu spreads to mammals
“Am I concerned? Hell yes, I’m concerned.”
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![digital collage of water faucet, signs warning of and protesting PFAS]()
![digital collage of water faucet, signs warning of and protesting PFAS]()
Cleaning up ‘forever chemicals’ is costly and messy — just ask this Wisconsin town
"It's happening all over the country."
