Mercury, which damages young brains, is flowing through industrial wastewater into the Ohio River. But the multi-state agency tasked with keeping the waterway clean hasn't tightened controls on this pollution because it doesn't have the authority to do so.

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Youth Climate Strike in Santa Rosa, Calif., in March 2019. (Credit: Fabrice Florin/flickr)

Originals

Together, we make mud

The noted philosopher Rodney Dangerfield described his fictional marriage in a way that provides insight into the widening gulf in U.S. environmental politics: "She's a water sign. I'm an Earth sign. Together, we make mud."

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Toxics

The pesticide industry’s playbook for poisoning the earth

Though neonicotinoids are banned in the EU, a sophisticated information war has kept these insecticides — toxic to bees and birds — on the U.S. market.

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Toxics

Ozone layer recovery is being undermined by US pollution

The EPA has declined to consider the ozone-depleting potential of chemicals released by U.S. companies.

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Climate

Climate change takes center stage in Davos

With businesses under pressure to act, solutions are emerging, but not fast enough, some participants fear.

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Toxics

Florida to protect Everglades land permitted for oil drilling

A swath of land in the Everglades at the center of a fight between a family determined to drill those urging them not to might finally have a new future.

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EPA enforcement actions hit 10-year low in 2017

The I-told-you-so heard ‘round the world

Hong Kong’s ozone pollution levels nearly doubled over two decades, report from local air-quality watchdog shows

Weed and water woes in the legendary Emerald Triangle

Whose job is it to reduce toxic mercury in the Ohio River?

Together, we make mud

The pesticide industry’s playbook for poisoning the earth

Ozone layer recovery is being undermined by US pollution

Climate change takes center stage in Davos

Florida to protect Everglades land permitted for oil drilling

LISTEN: EHN's Pittsburgh reporter discusses air pollution from U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works

Exposed: How willful blindness keeps BPA on shelves and contaminating our bodies

EHN.org investigation finds regulatory push to discredit independent evidence of harm while favoring pro-industry science despite significant shortcomings.

We mapped out the toxic wastewater discharges along the Ohio River. Here’s what we learned.

"The scary part is that most people who fish are not aware of these advisories although there are notices with fish and wildlife agencies"

Good River: Our reporters want to hear your Ohio River stories and concerns

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The battle over pipelines, population and property rights in Texas’ Hill Country

"Texas claims to be very sympathetic to property rights. On the other hand, they support oil and gas. What this project has exposed is that these two priorities are not equal."

Trump’s other war is going well

No, not the war against the press. Or impeachment. Or immigrants. Or reality. But the swamp-draining, regulation-stomping, soul-crushing assault on the environment.

EPA enforcement actions hit 10-year low in 2017

EHN.org investigation finds regulatory push to discredit independent evidence of harm while favoring pro-industry science despite significant shortcomings.

"The scary part is that most people who fish are not aware of these advisories although there are notices with fish and wildlife agencies"

Text "OHIO" to 765-227-2602 to share with our seven-newsroom collaborative.

"Texas claims to be very sympathetic to property rights. On the other hand, they support oil and gas. What this project has exposed is that these two priorities are not equal."

No, not the war against the press. Or impeachment. Or immigrants. Or reality. But the swamp-draining, regulation-stomping, soul-crushing assault on the environment.

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