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Environment & Health
Lessons We Can Learn From the Fight to Create Medicare
Yes, our health system is broken, but broken systems can be fixed — not easily, but they can be fixed.
Trump’s New Surgeon General Should See Climate Change as a Global Health Issue
Studies show a clear link between climate change and negative health outcomes.
Florida Will Battle Coastal Pollution by Eliminating Old Septic Tanks
Florida's got a big nutrient loading problem in its rivers and estuaries.
Football, the American Tragedy: Public Ignorance Persists on a Major Health Crisis
There's no way to make football "safe," but many choose to believe NFL propaganda.
Virginia Lawsuit Challenges Eminent Domain for Oil Pipelines
The Mountain Valley Pipeline is controversial, and Virginia residents have been working hard to oppose it.
Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Residents Sue Chemical Plant for Nearly 50 Years of Air Pollution
Thirteen plaintiffs are suing the companies responsible for the chloroprene emissions fouling the air in "Cancer Alley."
Now That Skinny Repeal Has Been Squashed, What’s Next for Health Care Activists?
Now that we have the lived experience of collective power, we can take this momentum and move forward, says Mari Cordes.
The US’s Carbon-Pusher-in-Chief: Trump’s Fossil-Fueled Foreign Policy
It's time to give Trump's snake-oil-style energy salesmanship the attention it deserves.
Climate Refugees in Toxic Immigrant Jails Are Victims of Environmental Racism
An immigrant jail in Tacoma, Washington, is in an area so polluted it was designated unfit for residences.
The Office of Environmental Justice Is on the Chopping Block — Can Democrats Save It?
Trump has threatened the EPA, and the Office of Environmental Justice is next.