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Environment & Health
Move to End DACA Leaves Some Young Immigrants Fearing for Their Health
Nearly 800,000 Dreamers are in fear of deportation and losing their jobs and health care.
Zika, Birth Defects and Government Lies
In Puerto Rico, women and children caught in the middle of a crisis.
Dahr Jamail | Welcome to the New World of Wildfires
The Pacific Northwest is engulfed in ash.
Despite Hurricanes, House Republicans Work to Gut Environmental Protections
GOP lawmakers are increasingly out of touch.
“No Toilet, No Ventilation”: Prisoners Describe Horrific Conditions in Harvey’s Flood Zone
“We are alive barely,” says one prisoner in Beaumont, Texas.
Elizabeth Warren Joins Kamala Harris in Co-Sponsoring Bernie’s Landmark Medicare for All Bill
The bill should be revealed sometime next week.
In Covering Hurricanes, Media Should Focus on Poverty and Climate Change
“Some people faced with a disaster can't just pick up and leave.”
Hurricane Harvey Hits Home for Texas Environmental Hero Hilton Kelley
Hurricane Harvey's floodwaters were still receding when Hilton Kelley and his wife returned for the first time since evacuating.
Bill McKibben on the Floods, Winds and Fires Devastating the US
“We have never had anything like them.”
Seventeen Million in US Live Near Active Oil or Gas Wells
More than 17 million people in the United States live within a mile of an active oil or natural gas well, according to a new study.