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Pollution
October 22, 2018
Emily Atkin
Here’s the hard truth about the air pollution report Trump tweeted.
September 13, 2018
Emily Atkin
The EPA is now monitoring 40 toxic sites in Hurricane Florence’s path.
April 16, 2018
Emily Atkin
The Global Crisis of Plastic Pollution
Cleaning up the ocean will require an international agreement on par with the Paris climate accord.
February 14, 2018
Emily Atkin
Did Flint’s Water Crisis Damage Kids’ Brains?
Third-grade reading proficiency has plunged in the lead-poisoned city, setting off a debate about the possible causes.
January 30, 2018
Emily Atkin
The Polluted State of the Union
It's too soon to have data on Trump's impact on the environment, but after his first year, the outlook is clear.
December 13, 2017
Emily Atkin
The Most Overlooked Environmental Crisis of 2017
Apocalyptic weather dominated the headlines, but meat production also caused severe destruction in 2017.
December 6, 2017
Magazine
Ted Genoways
Compromised
A group of small-town environmentalists wanted to stop a potentially toxic Costco chicken plant. How did they end up fighting alongside anti-Muslim xenophobes?
November 16, 2017
Emily Atkin
Bush Showed Trump How to Attack Climate Science
The administration's moves to empower fossil-fuel interests over empirical research aren't as unprecedented as they seem.
August 31, 2017
Emily Atkin
Harvey Has Morphed into a Multi-Pronged Environmental Disaster
Air pollution, chemical and gas spills, dirty floodwater: Harvey is posing a unique threat to public health and an incredible challenge for the regional EPA.
August 30, 2017
Emily Atkin
Harvey’s Hidden Side Effect
74 incidents of excess air pollution have been reported since the hurricane hit, totaling more than one million pounds of emissions. More is on the way.
August 28, 2017
Emily Atkin
“Unbearable” petrochemical smells are reportedly drifting into Houston.
August 22, 2017
Rachel Riederer
Sailing to the Pacific Ocean’s Trash Vortex
In his new book, "Junk Raft," Marcus Eriksen discovers a sea filled with tiny particles of harmful plastic.
June 14, 2017
Emily Atkin
Flint’s water crisis killed people. Now Michigan officials face manslaughter charges.
February 14, 2017
Emily Atkin
Over 90 percent of the world’s population breathed unhealthy air in 2015.
June 28, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Volkswagen gambled its very existence to cheat on emissions.
June 24, 2016
Damian Carrington
Brexit Is Bad News for the Environment
February 25, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
The Aliso Canyon Methane Leak Was the Worst in U.S. History
A new report shows that the leak in California was nothing less than devastating.
February 18, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
The latest baddie in Flint River water is a likely carcinogen.
February 10, 2016
Emma Foehringer Merchant
Flint Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
The Aliso Canyon gas leak shows that environmental disasters are happening across the country.
December 11, 2015
Julian Spector
The Dirty Industries COP21 Ignores
International shipping and aviation emit as much as wealthy countries
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