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It is time to respect the planet’s boundaries—and overhaul how we eat and waste food—if we want to feed our rising population

If we're to feed the estimated 10 billion people on Earth in 2050—and protect the planet— we have to completely overhaul food production and choose healthier diets, says international report

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The “original sin” of air quality regulations is keeping communities polluted. But that’s changing.

Tackling cumulative exposures, rather than one pollutant at a time, is key to correcting environmental injustice, experts say. But progress remains too slow in the most affected neighborhoods.

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Desalination plants are on the rise—so is their salty, chemical waste

Study finds desalination plants are discharging more than 37 billion gallons of chemical-laden brine every day. Scientists say the technology remains important in the battle against water scarcity but there's an urgent need to find solutions to deal with waste.

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Remembering the "Republican environmentalists" of days past

An inadequate focus on researching and understanding the role of the environment in cancer prevention is a failure for public health.

Study of more than 1,000 mothers and children in Europe links common chemicals to reduced lung function.

A 'Code Orange' alert was issued on Monday

"If we could eliminate smoking entirely in Allegheny County, it would still be in the highest 10 percent of all U.S. counties with respect to these cancers."

New report finds a rise in maternal heat exposure could mean more congenital heart disease for US babies over the next decade

Between the shutdowns, showdowns, and an already-cluttered 2020 challenge to Trump, a few environmental observations

Health advocates say the report is the latest example of products falling through regulatory cracks and an inadequate societal focus on women's reproductive health.

Reporter Lewis Raven Wallace joins 'Living on Earth' to discuss the EHN/Scalawag Magazine report about Hurricane Florence's displacement of Bern, N.C. residents

Universally hailed as a hero today, Martin Luther King, Jr., was reviled by many during his lifetime for fighting for civil rights. Will history allow climate heroes the same vindication?

"We're still making concessions even though we're dying."

"This is the worst storm I've ever endured"

North Carolinians are organizing against "toxic resiliency," focused on healing from trauma

This is what climate catastrophe looks like

Being a journalist in the US is no way to big pay. But elsewhere in the world, it can get you killed.

If we're to feed the estimated 10 billion people on Earth in 2050—and protect the planet— we have to completely overhaul food production and choose healthier diets, says international report

Tackling cumulative exposures, rather than one pollutant at a time, is key to correcting environmental injustice, experts say. But progress remains too slow in the most affected neighborhoods.

Researcher says the EPA has disregarded substantial evidence that the popular herbicide is linked to cancer

Study finds desalination plants are discharging more than 37 billion gallons of chemical-laden brine every day. Scientists say the technology remains important in the battle against water scarcity but there's an urgent need to find solutions to deal with waste.

The region remains under a health advisory due to high levels of sulfur dioxide pollution.

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