News | Environment & Health Therapists Are Seeing More Patients Struggle With Climate Anxiety Mental health professionals are developing a new standard of mental health care for our climate-changed world. By Isobel Whitcomb , Earther April 18, 2021 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health USDA May Allow Genetically Modified Trees to Be Released Into the Wild A genetically engineered chestnut tree may be the first to spread into forests, setting dangerous global precedents. By Anne Petermann , Truthout April 18, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Chemical Used in Many Oil Refineries Could Cause Mass Deaths If Leaked An oil refinery accident could expose nearby residents to a flesh-eating vapor cloud of modified hydrofluoric acid. By Lucy Sherriff , DrilledNews April 17, 2021 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health The Southwest Offers Blueprints for the Future of Wastewater Reuse By turning wastewater into drinking water, our existing water supplies could go further. By Freddie Clayton , Truthout April 17, 2021 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing The US’s Biggest County Jails Are Sites of Extreme Environmental Injustice Patterns of incarceration lay bare the relationship between race, poverty and pollution. By Adam Mahoney , Grist April 16, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health We Are Living in a Climate Emergency. Why Doesn’t Nature Have Legal Rights? A new documentary covers the Indigenous-led Rights of Nature movement on the front lines of the climate emergency. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout April 16, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Hospitals Try to Curb Astronomical Emissions as Pandemic Brings New Challenges The global health care climate footprint is equivalent to the annual emissions from 514 coal-fired plants. By Yara El Murr , TheGuardian April 14, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Fossil Fuel Phase Out Must Begin Where the Industry Has Hurt People the Most Low-income people and communities of color have borne the environmental brunt of our reliance on polluting fossil fuels. By Leanna First-Arai , Truthout April 14, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor Passing Climate Bills Without Labor Standards Won’t Transition the Economy Incorporating labor standards into climate legislation will empower workers and provide a check on corporate power. By J. Mijin Cha , Truthout April 14, 2021 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health Resuscitating Normalcy Will Kill Us. What We Need Is a Just Recovery. What kind of world are we trying to imagine into being? By Kelly Hayes , Truthout April 14, 2021 Truthout