Environment
Dozens die in Ida’s rampage through the Northeast
September 3, 2021In fires in the West and floods in the East stunned Americans suffer the ominous effects of climate change.
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Judge tosses Trump rollback of clean water safeguards
September 1, 2021WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a Trump-era rule that ended federal protections for hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands, and other waterways and left them vulnerable to pollution from nearby development....
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EPA takes action to protect Pacific salmon from pesticides
August 27, 2021Extreme heatwaves have made this a devastating summer for the endangered salmon species of the U.S. West Coast. In mid July, California wildlife officials warned that almost all of the young Chinook salmon in the Sacramento...
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An infamously dirty river is coming back to life thanks to community activism
August 23, 2021Due to sustained community pressure and Earthjustice litigation, D.C.’s Anacostia River is finally recovering from decades of pollution.
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Hot weather becomes major cause of illness, death for U.S. workers
August 20, 2021The number of victims of the largely ignored danger grows in Arizona and many other states as global warming-induced heat fells workers on the job.
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