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![A series of six photos show a man with injuries, a tap, a woman, someone looking at a person's hair, a woman collecting water, a person holding pills, and an industrial facility.]()
![A series of six photos show a man with injuries, a tap, a woman, someone looking at a person's hair, a woman collecting water, a person holding pills, and an industrial facility.]()
The problematic chemicals fueling America’s EV revolution
Ramped-up production of toxins used in the batteries has communities worried.
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![A worker sorts plastics at a sorting and compacting facility in Bang Phli in Samut Prakan, Thailand]()
![A worker sorts plastics at a sorting and compacting facility in Bang Phli in Samut Prakan, Thailand]()
One way a plastics treaty could help the Global South: Fund waste management
Tackling plastic’s entire lifespan, from production to disposal, could eliminate most of the pollution it generates. But a vast expansion of waste management is a “crucial prerequisite.”
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Tribes in Minnesota are paying the steepest price for the steel industry’s mercury pollution
Steel companies that process taconite release a slew of pollutants — and they're suing the EPA over new regulations.
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![A piece of yellow tape that reads CLIMATE CRIME extends in front of a group of protestors.]()
![A piece of yellow tape that reads CLIMATE CRIME extends in front of a group of protestors.]()
In a rare court action, an Oregon county seeks to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for extreme temperatures
Multnomah County recorded its highest-ever temperatures during heat dome conditions in 2021 that killed 69 people.
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![Dozens gather to protest deep-sea mining in Hawaii in December 2023.]()
![Dozens gather to protest deep-sea mining in Hawaii in December 2023.]()
How the last queen of Hawaiʻi is influencing the debate over deep-sea mining
As the U.N. weighs ocean floor mining, Hawai'i just banned the practice.
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What is a liquid? Utilities sue to avoid coal ash cleanup — and lose.
With the definition resolved, will the EPA come for polluting coal plants?
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![animation of a recycling symbol with plastic trash in the center with one arrow moving away from and then back into the symbol on a loop]()
How to create a ‘world without waste’? Here are the plastic industry’s ideas.
A deep dive into the petrochemical industry's proposals for the global plastics treaty.
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How to survive a heat wave on a fixed income
As a scorching summer kicks off, New York City’s cooling centers aren’t up to the task.
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A group of young people just forced Hawaiʻi to take major climate action
The historic agreement comes two years after 13 youth plaintiffs sued the state Department of Transportation.
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![Railroad cars on fire and derailed off track, flung to the sides of the tracks with a ball of fire and lots of dark smoke.]()
![Railroad cars on fire and derailed off track, flung to the sides of the tracks with a ball of fire and lots of dark smoke.]()
Pollution from Ohio train derailment reached 110 million Americans
A new study found traces of hazardous chemicals from the East Palestine disaster in 16 U.S. states.
