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More than a year after the Pennsylvania Department of Health published three studies linking fracking to cancer and other health effects, advocates say the agency failed to keep promises to help residents living near fracking wells.
Last year Pennsylvania Department of Health studies showed increased risk of childhood cancer, asthma and low birth weights for people living near fracking. Advocates say not enough has been done since.
This Atlanta urban farm tackles hunger, joblessness, crime — and a tense history of policing
Here's how the Mother Clyde Urban farm transformed the West End of Atlanta's food deserts, and serves as a model for community empowerment. ⬇️
How the Mother Clyde Urban farm transformed the West End of Atlanta's food deserts, and serves as a model for community empowerment.
WATCH: Black, Latine and Indigenous women are disproportionately suffering from the fossil fuel industry in North America, according to a new report.
“Women, in all of their diversity, must be at the center of climate and energy decision-making.”
Amidst recent news that President Biden plans to block the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel on national security grounds, communities near the company’s plants in Pennsylvania say their concerns about pollution are still ignored.
“Pennsylvania steel communities have lived with dangerous air quality for generations. That needs to end.”
A Pennsylvania-based fracking company is the subject of controversy after one of its projects was listed as an environmental justice initiative under a federal government program by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
CNX Resources is slated to receive Justice40 dollars for self-monitoring. Health and justice advocates are outraged.
The comings, goings, and carryings on of shorebirds in Northern California.
The comings, goings, and carryings on of shorebirds in Northern California.
"I’m sorry, I can’t hear you.”
For communities plagued by energy extraction and petrochemical buildout, struggles of environmental justice often fall on deaf ears.
For communities plagued by energy extraction and petrochemical buildout, struggles of environmental justice often fall on deaf ears.
"We are now facing another period of uncertainty. One potential outcome of the upcoming election is continued normalcy ... another possible outcome is the chaos and brutality set out in Project 2025."
The rules as we understand them are changing before our eyes.
A year and a half after a catastrophic Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical fire in East Palestine, Ohio, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has announced plans to monitor private drinking water wells for Pennsylvania residents living within one mile of the accident site for the next decade.
Residents remain concerned about how the accident is impacting their health.
Is recycled plastic safe for food contact? If the company making it says so.
Recycled plastic can be more toxic than virgin plastic, yet the federal approval process to use it in food packaging is lax and leaving consumers at risk, researchers say.
Recycled plastic can be more toxic than virgin plastic, yet the federal approval process to use it in food packaging is lax and leaving consumers at risk, researchers say.
Plastic pellets known as “nurdles” are accumulating along Texas coasts.
These nurdles — which can absorb harmful toxics and pollute the environment as they continue to degrade into smaller microplastics – are produced by more than 140 facilities across the U.S., including 36 in Texas.
Plastic pellets known as “nurdles” are accumulating along Texas coasts.
Care for endangered seabirds continues amid a 51-year legacy of optimism.
“This is an island and project of hope. The fact that this project is a success is a reason to not get distraught about all the destruction all around us.”
“There is this idea of healing the Earth ... perhaps there’s something about this project that captured that."
Black lives matter in Africa's National Parks too
"Every time I see an elephant in the park, I wonder, how many of us had to die for that elephant?"
Every time I see an elephant in the park, I wonder, how many of us had to die for that elephant?
Appalachian groups express frustration over first $30 million in federal hydrogen hub funding.
“This award represents a continued commitment to invest in a natural gas industry that has added to the pollution and health burdens in the region.”
“This award represents a continued commitment to invest in a natural gas industry that has added to the pollution and health burdens in the region.”
Environmental journalism loses a hero.
Peter Dykstra – newsman, provocateur, friend and former publisher of The Daily Climate – passed away Wednesday.
Peter Dykstra – newsman, provocateur, friend and former publisher of The Daily Climate – passed away Wednesday.
Extreme heat and wildfire smoke should of course be defined as major disasters by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
According to the National Weather Service, heat kills more people in this nation than hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and lightning combined.
Currently, the federal data on extreme heat and wildfire smoke itself constitutes a major disaster.
Living near oil and gas operations, including fracking wells, is linked to stress and depression in people who are planning pregnancies, according to a new study.
“If we’re concerned about healthy pregnancies, focusing on the period before pregnancy may be even more important.”
The U.S. government will stop using single-use plastics in all federal operations by 2035, according to a strategy released by the Biden administration on Friday.
“Because of its purchasing power … the federal government has the potential to significantly impact the supply of these products.”
Chemical recycling projects are unlikely to generate local economic benefits or help reduce global plastic pollution, according to a new report.
“It wouldn’t even make a dent in the amount of plastic pollution out there.”
“It wouldn’t even make a dent in the amount of plastic pollution out there.”
Pennsylvania governor signs controversial carbon storage bill into law, paving the way for hydrogen hubs.
The bill is controversial because carbon capture and storage technology is still new and scientific researchers have unanswered questions about whether it’s a viable climate solution and whether it will pose health and safety risks to communities.
The bill was opposed by 45 environmental groups.
A group of more than 30 environmental and health advocacy groups have asked Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro to veto a bill that would pave the way for carbon storage in the state.
“Putting resources toward carbon capture and storage instead of renewable energy is wasting time we don’t have.”
Op-ed: Farmers of color need climate action now. The farm bill is our best hope.
Farmers of color who are leading the charge for regenerative farming, as they have done for generations, need our support now more than ever.
Farmers of color who are leading the charge for regenerative farming, as they have done for generations, need our support now more than ever.
The lack of federal regulations and clear definitions for bioplastics make it increasingly difficult to determine whether or not they are a safe alternative to traditional plastics, according to a new report from Beyond Plastics.
“These bioplastics just aren’t ready for primetime.”
"Food waste statistics are moving in the wrong direction."
New White House strategy backs food rescue efforts but more is needed to fight hunger and waste.
Food waste statistics are moving in the wrong direction.
During a shareholders meeting in Tokyo last Friday, a group of investors in Nippon Steel asked the company to improve its decarbonization strategy and reduce harmful emissions in light of its pending acquisition of U.S. Steel.
“It’s a little ironic that they’re coming to the U.S. and buying a company facing all the same problems they’re facing in Japan.”
For the second time this year, a chemical recycling plant built to turn waste into usable products has closed, casting further doubt on the viability of an upstart industry that has been plagued by financial and technical challenges in its effort to scale up.
Fulcrum BioFuels’ shuttered “sustainable aviation fuel” plant is the latest facility to run into technical and financial challenges.
PFAS contamination endangers farmers’ health — a new federal program would empower them to address the crisis.
"Federal leaders must step in and help farmers across the country navigate this pollution crisis."
Federal leaders must step in and help farmers across the country navigate this pollution crisis.
Portable air filters in daycares and early learning centers can decrease harmful indoor pollutants by 83%, according to a new report.
“Doing everything we can to protect these littlest ones in the earliest stages of critical development is essential.”
LISTEN: Revisiting our conversation with environmental justice pioneer Dr. Beverly Wright.
“The righteous fight in the end will win. Don’t be swayed by all of the noise.”
“The righteous fight in the end will win. Don’t be swayed by all of the noise.”
In a warming world, nurses heal people and the planet.
Nurses have the experience, motivation and public support to make an important contribution in tackling the climate crises.
Nurses have the experience, motivation and public support to make an important contribution in tackling the climate crises.
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