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Nearly $1B in federal funding could help clean up the unequal health impacts of diesel pollution.
There’s no solid evidence that framing the global problem as a local one prompts people to act. So what does?
US Magnesium, on the shores of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, left a legacy of environmental problems.
As extreme weather becomes more frequent, so too have post-disaster contractor scams like excessive billing and shoddy repairs.
A couple hundred overlooked public officials control the U.S. power grid — and some of them are on your ballots.
Despite health risks, Puerto Rico keeps tax incentives in place for cancer-causing chemical polluters.
Steel towns will see some reductions in toxic pollution from new regulations — but not as much as they’d hoped.
As heavy rains overwhelm aging pipes, Boston and NYC are choosing very different paths forward.
A quarter of marine life depends on coral reefs. So do 1 billion people.