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Mar 17, 2018

Dirtying the Waters: Texas ranks first in violating water pollution rules

A new report raises questions about whether TCEQ is doing enough to protect the state’s water.

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William H. Schlesinger: What happens when you flush?

Although often attributed to Sir John Crapper, it was Alexander Cumming who perfected the design of the flush toilet in 1775, forever changing the way that humans dispose of their personal waste.

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MIT Media Lab kept regulators in the dark, dumped chemicals in excess of legal limit

Documents and interviews show the Media Lab, already under fire for accepting contributions from Jeffrey Epstein, is being investigated for an apparent violation of state environmental regulations.

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Pittsburgh

EHN reporter wins local media award for "environmental excellence"

EHN reporter Kristina Marusic is one of five women to receive the inaugural Michelle Madoff Award of Environmental Excellence from the Pennsylvania-based nonprofit Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP).

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Peter Dykstra: The O.G.’s of E.J.

With much fanfare, 170 news organizations signed on to the "Covering Climate Now" initiative.

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‘Beyond what our instruments can tell us’: Merging Indigenous knowledge and Western science at the edge of the world

Residents of remote Tuktoyaktuk — which may become the first community in Canada to relocate due to coastal erosion and sea level rise — are taking climate data gathering into their own hands.

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Tiny island's giant war on waste

A community of just 600 people isolated in the Indian Ocean is being inundated with the world's plastic waste. It is now finding innovative ways to fight back.

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Inside the Trump administration's chaotic dismantling of the federal land agency

Internal records from the BLM contradict what its chief told Congress about a plan to ship 200 D.C.-based career staff out West. The plan would weaken the agency, which stands between federal lands and oil, gas and mineral companies.

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Silicon Valley is full of active Superfund sites

Microchip manufacturers contaminated the groundwater in the 1980s. Almost 40 years later, the cleanup still isn’t complete.

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Op-ed: Thinking through the EPA’s commitment to eliminate the use of mammals in toxicity testing

As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency moves to get rid of research and testing in mammals (rats and mice), we are concerned the environmental impacts on human health—especially our children—will become worse.

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Dirtying the Waters: Texas ranks first in violating water pollution rules

William H. Schlesinger: What happens when you flush?

MIT Media Lab kept regulators in the dark, dumped chemicals in excess of legal limit

EHN reporter wins local media award for "environmental excellence"

Peter Dykstra: The O.G.’s of E.J.

‘Beyond what our instruments can tell us’: Merging Indigenous knowledge and Western science at the edge of the world

Tiny island's giant war on waste

Inside the Trump administration's chaotic dismantling of the federal land agency

Op-ed: Thinking through the EPA’s commitment to eliminate the use of mammals in toxicity testing

Global renewable energy has quadrupled over past decade

With solar leading the way, clean energy capacity growth is helping the planet avoid billions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year.

US drinking water pollution could cause 100,000 cancer cases

New study says low levels of carcinogens may have a huge impact on our health

Home Depot to phase out some products containing PFAS chemicals

The home improvement company will stop purchasing and selling any carpets or rugs containing the toxics by the end of the year

Op-ed: The biggest casualty of Trump’s Dorian deceit? Our common bonds

Trump ripped at a thread of our nation's social fabric—the weather.

Common insecticide threatens survival of wild, migrating birds

Neonicotinoids are harming more than bees.

Peter Dykstra: Are you ready for some good news?

It's often our duty to report bleak news on climate and the environment. But let's not skimp on the good news—like the continued momentum of clean energy

Dirtying the Waters: Texas ranks first in violating water pollution rules

With solar leading the way, clean energy capacity growth is helping the planet avoid billions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year.

New study says low levels of carcinogens may have a huge impact on our health

The home improvement company will stop purchasing and selling any carpets or rugs containing the toxics by the end of the year

Trump ripped at a thread of our nation's social fabric—the weather.

Neonicotinoids are harming more than bees.

It's often our duty to report bleak news on climate and the environment. But let's not skimp on the good news—like the continued momentum of clean energy

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