Cancer in Pittsburgh: Prevention lags as pollution persists

PITTSBURGH — Around one in three Americans gets a cancer diagnosis during their lifetime. Almost everyone knows at least one person who's been touched by the disease. In Pittsburgh, most people know more than one.

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Dollar stores are taking over the grocery business, and it's bad news for public health and local economies

A new report shows growth of dollar stores in low-income and rural communities furthers inequity and pushes out local businesses.

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After 14 years, Middle River celebrates official end to boil water advisory

In front of a new water treatment plant, a group of Tl'azt'en First Nation members stand together alongside consultants, academics and an engineer from Indigenous Services Canada ready to cut the ribbon.

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Invisible pollutants and the tipping point for endocrine disruption

This is the story of how our physical environments in every community are currently under siege from endocrine-disrupting chemicals in our midst.

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Pakistan′s dams threaten mangroves and livelihoods

Big dams and reservoirs in Pakistan are slowly depleting its lush mangroves. The destruction is also affecting local fishermen, who have to look for alternative sources of income.

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Hoosick Falls, NY, native produces PFAS documentary

Victor Pytko was inspired by the PFAS contamination in his home town to create a documentary he hopes will serve as a primer for communities around the nation facing a similar environmental and health crisis.

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As climate costs rocket, Vanuatu seeks allies to sue for damages

As costs soar from fiercer storms and rising seas, the Pacific island state of Vanuatu is forming a coalition of vulnerable nations prepared to sue fossil fuel companies to pay for damage linked to climate change.

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EPA finds high levels of manganese at another Southeast Chicago facility

As regulators continue to monitor manganese emissions at S.H. Bell Co., new air monitoring data shows alarming levels of the brain-damaging heavy metal near another industrial facility in the area.

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Environmental (in)justice coverage grows, as more media take note

Environmental justice will be a bigger story in 2019 than it has been for a long time, but not because poor, minority and marginalized people in the United States will get better protections from the federal government.

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Local First Nations say government making 'same mistakes' at new NEB hearings

First Nations on Vancouver's North Shore are continuing to voice concerns about the latest round of consultations by a National Energy Board panel on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.

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Fighting climate change in the shadow of Mount Everest

Formed in the shadow of Mount Everest, the turquoise depths of Nepal's Imja glacial lake would be a breathtaking miracle of nature to behold – were they not a portent of catastrophic floods.

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Smothered by smog, activists are urging Poland to reconsider coal

Krakow, Poland, has some of the worst air quality in Europe. It's normal for people to check apps for particulate matter before they go outside and activists say this needs to change.

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The ordinary people keeping the peace in Nigeria’s farmer-herder conflict

Nigeria's population has grown exponentially and is projected to surpass the United States' by 2050. Amid the boom, land has become increasingly scarce, and disputes over ownership are frequently turning bloody.

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Belo Monte dam Xingu River Management Plan violates human rights: finding

The UN Inter-American Commission on Human Rights upheld a motion filed by civil society organizations condemning Brazil’s continued development of the Belo Monte mega-dam.

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Why communities across America are pushing to close waste incinerators

They can be a threat to public health, and a poor solution to larger environmental problems. Organizers from Baltimore to Detroit to Los Angeles are working for a future without them.

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Illegal mining, ‘worse than at any other time,’ threatens Amazon, study finds

Researchers identified 2,312 illegal mining sites in six nations, and highlighted their toxic effects. Activists fear that Brazil’s new president will encourage even more mining.

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Congress will likely legalize hemp in the Farm Bill. It should also heal the USDA’s history of discrimination.

As the final farm bill takes shape and includes regulations governing hemp, an attorney for farmers of color argues that for a chance to right historic wrongs.

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Climate risk: Insuring against the inevitable

The world's poor are being encouraged to take out insurance against climate-related disasters. But as the logic of some schemes unravels, those who profited least from fossil fuels are left paying for their damage.

Cancer in Pittsburgh: Prevention lags as pollution persists

Dollar stores are taking over the grocery business, and it's bad news for public health and local economies

After 14 years, Middle River celebrates official end to boil water advisory

Why is Mongolia overdosing on antibiotics?

Invisible pollutants and the tipping point for endocrine disruption

The time Cincinnati tried environmental justice but gave up

Philadelphia school kids will get added protections from lead paint perils

U.N. chief calls for compromise, sacrifice at climate talks

Pakistan′s dams threaten mangroves and livelihoods

The stinkiest, dirtiest, nastiest renewable energy you never heard of

Ringwood NJ awaits state's say on Superfund site after approving cap

When access to electricity is a feminist issue

Hoosick Falls, NY, native produces PFAS documentary

As climate costs rocket, Vanuatu seeks allies to sue for damages

EPA finds high levels of manganese at another Southeast Chicago facility

Environmental (in)justice coverage grows, as more media take note

EPA finds another source of toxic manganese on Chicago's Southeast Side

Solar and green jobs are rising around Chicago’s ‘toxic doughnut’

Local First Nations say government making 'same mistakes' at new NEB hearings

Climate change: Protecting the poor from green taxes

Fighting climate change in the shadow of Mount Everest

Smothered by smog, activists are urging Poland to reconsider coal

The ordinary people keeping the peace in Nigeria’s farmer-herder conflict

Dollar stores are feeding more Americans than Whole Foods, and it's leading some communities into crisis

Belo Monte dam Xingu River Management Plan violates human rights: finding

‘Light for everyone’: Indigenous youth mount a solar-powered resistance

Why communities across America are pushing to close waste incinerators

Illegal mining, ‘worse than at any other time,’ threatens Amazon, study finds

Feds OK $4.1M for Syracuse to target lead paint poisoning in kids

Congress will likely legalize hemp in the Farm Bill. It should also heal the USDA’s history of discrimination.

Right to end life on Earth: Can corporations that spread climate change denialism be held liable?

Climate risk: Insuring against the inevitable

Laud N.J. effort to put polluters in their place

Clean air can increase Indians' average life expectancy by 1.7 years: Study