Tracing water, memory and change through Black experiences along and near Pennsylvania's Route 65

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Talking to Black residents living in communities along and near Route 65 about where they live and their experiences in these places, in the context of their connections to water.

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The ongoing health concerns and mixed messaging over the chemical BPA

What will it take to rid our store shelves of BPA and its equally hazardous cousins?

Jim Inhofe, the Senate's unwavering climate denier, turns 85 on Sunday. I requested a Q&A with him when he turns 100 to see how the "hoax" has turned out.

"The government keeps testing chemicals for safety using the same old approaches developed 50 years ago"

"The power we all see with the Ohio River — we have this shared care for it. Its restoration would be symbolic of something bigger."

One man's journey to highlight the importance of protecting the waterway

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Lessons from environmental and economic restoration efforts in the Ruhr Valley could help usher Appalachia into a new era.

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