Are Canadian uranium workers still more likely to die from lung cancer?
A study by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission is examining health data from 80,000 people who have worked in Canada’s uranium mines, mills and processing...
Should this city’s response to lead in water be a national model?
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Environmental groups seek pre-trial ruling against U.S. Steel
PennEnvironment and Clean Air Council want a federal judge to find that U.S. Steel violated the Clean Air Act thousands of times after the 2018...
How climate-proofing public transit can make cities more equal
By taking global warming and demographics into account, transit agencies can better serve vulnerable populations.
Helicopter science doesn’t work—environmental justice comes from empowered communities
“Learn from the past, prepare in the present, to defend the future.” – Indigenous artist, Gord Hill (Kwakwaka’wakw) Growing up in Detroit I witnessed the...
Two large air pollution sources will soon be offline. Will Allegheny County’s air quality future be as clean as it can be?
The American Lung Association provides yearly air quality rankings for metro areas across the country, and every year, the Pittsburgh region receives failing grades.
‘The ocean is coming.’ A chieftess sees her islands sink
Their descendants persevered through slavery, the Civil War, and past racism. Now the Gullah/Geechee people of South Carolina face another threat: rising seas and the...
Eve Andrews: Are white people bad for the environment?
The origins of global warming are “rooted in a racism of ‘I know better.’”