People and planet Environmental justice Topics View all Climate and energy People and planet Business and innovation Subcategories View all Clean air Food safety Fisheries and oceans Forests Clean water Chemicals and health Environmental justice Deep dive September 3, 2025 Growing insurance crisis leaves homeowners vulnerable As families face more frequent and damaging storms, the home insurance industry is heading toward a crisis. Deep dive August 6, 2025 When a lead poisoning crisis coincided with federal staffing cuts, kids... Lead paint was found in Milwaukee schools just as the Trump administration fired its federal lead experts. How a preventable crisis unfolded... Analysis June 24, 2025 An EPA rule set to slash cancer risk by more than 90% is now on the Trump... EPA rules that could save lives are being rolled back. Analysis May 7, 2025 Making polluters pay is paying off for California residents California's core climate policy — its cap-and-trade program — has brought in billions. If extended, a new report finds it's poised to bring... Analysis April 11, 2025 Trump administration offers sweeping exemptions for polluters who request them... Trump's EPA is offering to help some of the nation's biggest polluters dodge clean air standards. More than 500 facilities could take... Profile March 27, 2025 Meet KeShaun Pearson, champion of change Residents of Boxtown, a historic Black neighborhood in Memphis, have long battled industrial threats to their air and drinking water. The... Climate change March 13, 2025 Lower energy bills back in sight after solar funding released After multiple attempts to hold back grants awarded for a solar program designed to save low-income Americans money on their electric bills... Explainer December 26, 2024 Turning the tide against illegal gold mining in the Amazon Illegal gold mining in Brazil has devastated Indigenous communities, but under new leadership from President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva... People December 12, 2024 We need to get lead out of drinking water, but some fixes are making it worse Half-fixes cause more harm. When water utilities only partially replace lead pipes, it increases the risk of lead exposure for residents. 1 2 ... 4 The only climate stories you need, straight to your inbox