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Chicago has the highest number of lead service lines in the nation, but the city's replacement program is moving at a glacial pace. Replacement and mitigation efforts in other states offer a better blueprint — and potential to create community jobs along the way.
A successfully re-routed Southwestern transmission line shows its possible to overcome green energy obstacles.
The ConocoPhillips venture is supposed to secure energy independence and Alaskan prosperity. It probably won’t achieve either.
The American Lung Association finds that U.S. air quality is improving, but wildfires, drought, and inequality threaten progress.
It's gross. It's sticky. And it's already saved your life.
The only way to stop the long-lasting harms of lead poisoning in children is to end exposure to the chemical — and with data-driven and community-based action, that’s possible.
Across the country, farmers are adapting to a warming climate. But even with change after change, yields are going up, thanks to technological advances. How long can the trend continue?
Negotiations happen behind closed doors, but for Indigenous peoples, “A lot of work happens in the hallways.”
3M sold "forever chemicals" for decades. Will it foot the bill to get them out of our water supply?
