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Environment & Health
A Quarter of Young Americans Say Medical Debt Forces Them to Skip House Payments
The financial difficulties younger Americans face are indicative of deeper problems in the U.S. health care system.
As Mask Mandates End, COVID Experts Fear It’s Too Soon
As the masks come off at my daughter's school -- and around the country -- I'm worried about COVID's next move.
Irreversible Impacts on the Climate Are Getting Locked In, IPCC Warns
Roughly half of the world’s population is living in areas of high vulnerability to the climate crisis.
Russian Climate Delegate Apologizes for Assault on Ukraine
“All of those who know what is happening fail to find any justification for this attack against Ukraine.”
Our Universities’ Investments in Fossil Fuels Are Unethical — and Illegal
Our schools are complicit in the climate crisis. They must divest.
Top Climate Publisher Has Played Major Role in Supporting Fossil Fuel Industry
Elsevier, a Dutch company behind many peer-reviewed journals, works with industry to help increase oil and gas drilling.
Big Oil and Conservatives Are Using Russia’s Conflict to Call for More Drilling
It took big oil cronies less than 24 hours after Russia invaded Ukraine to call for more drilling.
Critics Blast Biden Rebrand of Trump’s Medicare Privatization Scheme
The program constitutes a “backdoor privatization of Medicare,” said one progressive advocate.
USPS Defies Biden’s Plea to Electrify Fleet, Finalizing Gas-Powered Truck Plan
The new USPS fleet would be 90 percent gas-powered, locking in emissions for decades.
As Winter Storms Descend, De-Icing Chemicals Are Threatening Freshwater Lakes
Road salt runoff is putting U.S. water supplies at risk.