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Low-cost sensors are helping communities find gaps in air quality data
From Ohio's fracking fields to California's oil refineries, residents are tracking pollution missed by the EPA.
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![Repsol employees work filling buckets with contaminated sand during the cleanup in the shore of Cavero Beach on January 20, 2022 in Ventanilla, Peru.]()
![Repsol employees work filling buckets with contaminated sand during the cleanup in the shore of Cavero Beach on January 20, 2022 in Ventanilla, Peru.]()
Five months later, the Ancón oil spill’s effects linger
Out of work and short on cash and food, a fishing community in Peru is simultaneously paralyzed by exhaustion and ready to boil over.
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![a woman in a car drives by a refinery]()
One family, three generations of cancer, and the largest concentration of oil refineries in California
A new community survey exposes widespread cancer, asthma, anxiety, and depression in Wilmington, California.
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![train passes in front of apartment buildings with industrial facilities and a river in the background]()
![train passes in front of apartment buildings with industrial facilities and a river in the background]()
New Jersey releases blueprint for landmark environmental justice law
'We need to actually say no to industry when it hurts communities.'
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Study links ‘forever chemicals’ to high blood pressure in middle-aged women
In response, the EPA released stricter standards for PFAS levels in drinking water.
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The world’s climate plans overlook people with disabilities
The failure to consider their needs can be a matter of life and death.
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![Collage: on the left, four rectangles arranged like window panes filled with a black and white photo of oil refinery towers spewing smoke; on the right a silhouette of a woman in profile facing left, filled with a photo of dark orange and red smoke]()
![Collage: on the left, four rectangles arranged like window panes filled with a black and white photo of oil refinery towers spewing smoke; on the right a silhouette of a woman in profile facing left, filled with a photo of dark orange and red smoke]()
A Texas county wants to punish polluters. The state won’t let it.
Residents of eastern Harris County have grown tired of almost-daily chemical leaks and the occasional catastrophe. A new generation of county officials is trying to help them, even as state leaders undercut their authority and restrict voting access.
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![a man walks his dog past a row of cars and trees in a city]()
Yes, you can save lives by planting trees, a new study says
Increasing urban greenery could save lives of tens of thousands of older adults, researchers found.
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![Collage of bed floating in air with an earth that is on fire underneath it]()
![Collage of bed floating in air with an earth that is on fire underneath it]()
Study: Warming temperatures are eroding our ability to sleep
Climate change is keeping us up at night in more ways than one.
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In Minnesota, the PolyMet mine pits renewable energy needs against tribes and the EPA
The PolyMet Mining Corporation has been locked in a battle to open Minnesota’s first copper-sulfide mine for over 17 years.
