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Environment & Health
Environmental Groups Urge EPA Action on Methane Emissions From Landfills
Methane has been identified by international climate experts as a key driver of planetary heating.
Health Care Advocates Celebrate Passage of Medical Debt Relief in New York
Meanwhile, a battle is brewing in the state to expand health care access to 250,000 undocumented people.
Brutal Heat and Storms Grip Southern States and Mexico on First Day of Summer
Meteorologists expect the pattern to remain for 10-15 days, affecting 25 million people in the southern United States.
Scientists Warn Accelerated Himalayan Glacier Melt Threatens Lives of Billions
Absent urgent climate action, glaciers in the Hindu Kush range could lose up to 80 percent of their volume by 2100.
Stretch of Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline to Shut Down on Tribal Land, Judge Orders
Enbridge has been ordered to pay the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa $5 million in damages for trespassing.
Racial Trauma Could Be Factor in the 80 Percent of Black Women With Fibroids
The lack of scientific consensus has led some to posit that it's due to the chronic stress of racial discrimination.
California Schools Urged to Create Heat Plans on a Warming Planet
A new policy brief offers a series of recommendations on how schools become more heat-resilient.
Big Pharma’s Opioid Settlement Payouts to Localities Made Public
The national opioid settlements are the second-largest public health settlement of all time.
Let’s Accept Climate Science — and Also Reimagine Our Relationship to the Earth
Desperate measures are needed to mitigate the climate crisis, but they can be filled with joy and imagination.
More Than 1.2M Patients Have Been Booted Off Medicaid. Most Are Still Eligible.
An estimated 76 percent of those disenrolled were kicked off for “procedural reasons” like completing paperwork late.