Climate Health
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![Collage: rusted water pipes and volunteers unloading packs of bottled water]()
![Collage: rusted water pipes and volunteers unloading packs of bottled water]()
How are Michigan residents still drinking water with toxic levels of lead years after Flint?
Environmental racism, corroded old pipes, and flawed regulation are at play.
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![An older man wearing a plaid shoe-sleeved plaid shirt, sunglasses and a cap holds sawmill dust in his left hand. Behind him, a blue sky and a young forest let you see a mountain range rising in the horizon.]()
![An older man wearing a plaid shoe-sleeved plaid shirt, sunglasses and a cap holds sawmill dust in his left hand. Behind him, a blue sky and a young forest let you see a mountain range rising in the horizon.]()
Nonprofit finds hope against wildfires with unexpected ally: charcoal
To capture carbon and jumpstart forest thinning, Methow Valley couple – and Washington taxpayers – bet on biochar.
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A deadly fungal disease on the rise in the West has experts worried
Researchers haven’t pinned down exactly what’s behind the rise in Valley fever cases or how to stop it. One thing is nearly certain, though: Climate change plays a role.
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![A girl sits on the ground alone with a sign saying SOS and a sad-looking Earth.]()
![A girl sits on the ground alone with a sign saying SOS and a sad-looking Earth.]()
Study: More than half of young people think ‘humanity is doomed’
It’s the first study to find that climate anxiety is connected to government inaction.
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Ida left behind a water crisis in the Gulf
Hundreds of thousands of people remain without drinking water -- and there's no timeline for getting it back.
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![Flooding from Hurricane Ida]()
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Medical journals warn of an even bigger health threat than COVID
More than 230 publications said unchecked climate change could have “catastrophic” and irreversible consequences for global health.
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Leaded gasoline is finally gone – but its toxic legacy lingers
"The lead is still there in the soil.”
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![Construction worker takes a drink of water on a hot day]()
![Construction worker takes a drink of water on a hot day]()
More workers are dying from heat. Texas may make it harder to protect them.
Will the US finally enact national heat standards?
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![Physicians and Indigenous water protectors at a rally in St. Paul.]()
![Physicians and Indigenous water protectors at a rally in St. Paul.]()
Health care workers join the fight to stop the Line 3 pipeline
Standing with Indigenous groups, physicians call on Biden to revoke Enbridge’s permit.
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![Smog blankets Los Angeles.]()
![Smog blankets Los Angeles.]()
Hot days mean worse air. So why are climate and smog seen as separate?
UN report confirms that local agencies need to add heat into air pollution equation
