Floods, droughts, and warming temperatures are already increasing illness and disease risk and may pull back previous health gains, benchmark Lancet Countdown report finds.
Scientists and policymakers just recently started discussing the affects climate change has on people with disabilities. Wy did it take so long and is it too late?
A new agency rule would restrict the science that can be used in drafting health regulations by requiring researchers to turn over confidential health data.
During the Cold War, the United States detonated 67 nuclear bombs on, in and above the Marshall Islands. The U.S. also conducted a dozen biological weapons tests and dumped 130 tons of irradiated soil, now vulnerable to rising seas.
Xiye Bastida Patrick, a New York high school student, has become a key leader in the growing youth climate movement. She talks about why students are demanding action and how it's changing the climate conversation globally.
Louisiana activists are fighting to stop industrial development in a polluted, economically struggling area, and a major concern is a fertilizer plant.
American industry, aided by federal regulators, is conducting a large-scale, consequential experiment with our hormones and the developing brains and reproductive systems of our children.
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.
