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Environment & Health
“Frostlands” — Our Climate Future Foretold
In this excerpt of “Frostlands,” the main character of the novel grapples with the climate debate in 2051.
If Emissions Aren’t Curbed, Clouds May Disappear
If clouds vanish, so would life on Earth, which could warm by a staggering 8 degrees Celsius (8°C).
Youth Climate Activists Arrested for Sit-In at Mitch McConnell’s Office
Young people want a Green New Deal for their communities and futures.
States Are Reconsidering Restrictive Medicaid Waiver Policies
Restrictive Medicaid waiver policies don’t work.
More States Say Doctors Must Offer Overdose Reversal Drug Along With Opioids
Co-prescribing mandates are emerging as the latest tactic to combat the opioid crisis
The US Is Failing Black Women With HIV
More people than ever are living with HIV, but many of these long-term survivors are Black women.
Pro-Choice Bills Could Cement Illinois as the Midwest’s Abortion Care Oasis
Illinois Democrats' pro-choice push could help providers cope with an influx of out-of-state patients.
Activists Interrupt JPMorgan Chase CEO: “Stop Funding Climate Change!”
Jamie Dimon sits at the head of one of the top Wall Street funders of climate change.
Judge in Monsanto Roundup Trial Is Already Hindering Testimony
Will we see more judicial interference in Monsanto's second non-Hodgkins lymphoma trial on February 25?
New Jersey Said 10 Years Ago It Would Rank Its Contaminated Sites. It Never Did.
Today, there are nearly 14,000 contamination sites across New Jersey and still no sign of the mandated rankings.