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Our investigations reveal how environmental policy in the U.S. has led to the current state of the climate — and where it’ll go from here.

Posted inHidden Epidemics

Los desastres naturales afectan a la salud mental. Cuéntanos de tu experiencia.

Avatar photo by Dean Russell, Kristine Villanueva and Jamie Smith Hopkins May 4, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inHidden Epidemics

Natural disasters challenge mental health. Tell us your story.

Avatar photo by Dean Russell, Kristine Villanueva and Jamie Smith Hopkins May 4, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

Michigan advisory panel members: halt water shutoffs amid COVID-19 spread

Avatar photo by Jamie Smith Hopkins March 27, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

A likely but hidden coronavirus risk factor: pollution

Avatar photo by Jamie Smith Hopkins March 27, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inWhen the Wells Run Dry

Deserted oil wells haunt Los Angeles with toxic fumes and enormous cleanup costs

by Mark Olalde and Ryan Menezes March 5, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

Insuring catastrophe

by Jie Jenny Zou February 25, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inWhen the Wells Run Dry

California’s multibillion-dollar problem: the toxic legacy of old oil wells

by Mark Olalde and Ryan Menezes February 6, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inGrowing Food, Sowing Trouble

We’re not fixing this environmental crisis. One ditch in Indiana could provide a solution.

by Nathanael Johnson January 30, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inGrowing Food, Sowing Trouble

A common fertilizer can cause explosions. Uneven regulation puts people at risk.

by Jim Morris and Joe Wertz January 29, 2020April 17, 2023
Posted inGrowing Food, Sowing Trouble

Gulf shrimpers fight for their livelihoods in a fertilizer-fueled dead zone

by Spike Johnson January 28, 2020January 28, 2022
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U.S.-Canada board: The Great Lakes have a manure problem

Avatar photo by Jamie Smith Hopkins January 24, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inGrowing Food, Sowing Trouble

Lake Erie turns toxic every summer. Officials aren’t cracking down on the source.

Avatar photo by Jamie Smith Hopkins January 23, 2020February 7, 2023
Posted inGrowing Food, Sowing Trouble

Africa’s producing more fertilizer, but it’s still not getting to all farmers

by Rupa Shenoy January 22, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

Farming’s growing problem

by Joe Wertz January 22, 2020March 9, 2023
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When disaster strikes, Indigenous communities receive unequal recovery aid

by Allison Herrera November 6, 2019January 28, 2022
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County highlights Georgia’s worrying gaps in storm preparations

by Matt Kempner November 1, 2019January 28, 2022
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People with disabilities unsheltered in Tornado Alley

by Jackie Fortiér October 31, 2019January 28, 2022
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How our data can help you dig into disasters

Avatar photo by Rachel Leven and Joe Yerardi October 28, 2019February 28, 2023
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A disastrous disconnect

by Rachel Leven and Zach Goldstein October 28, 2019April 30, 2024
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The U.S. Navy has a water problem

Avatar photo by Dave Lindorff September 24, 2019January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

Man vs. mosquito: At the front lines of a public health war

by Jie Jenny Zou September 19, 2019January 28, 2022
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The UN secretary general urges public pressure to address the climate ‘emergency’

Avatar photo by Mark Hertsgaard September 18, 2019January 28, 2022
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The feds tried to make an example of a small Washington coal mine. It didn’t work.

Nick Bowlin by Nick Bowlin September 4, 2019January 28, 2022
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While ‘zombie’ mines idle, cleanup and workers suffer in limbo

Avatar photo by Mark Olalde and Joe Yerardi September 4, 2019February 28, 2023
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New data: Why 800,000 applicants were denied federal disaster assistance loans

by Zach Goldstein August 27, 2019January 28, 2022
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Southwestern waterways emerge as latest climate change battlegrounds

by Mark Olalde July 18, 2019January 28, 2022
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America’s grungy ‘recycled’ plastic is creating wastelands in Asia

by Patrick Winn June 13, 2019January 28, 2022
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As the world grapples with plastic, the U.S. makes more of it — a lot more

Avatar photo by Jamie Smith Hopkins June 13, 2019February 7, 2023
Posted inEnvironment

Leaks threaten safety — and success — of America’s top natural gas exporter

by Jenny Mandel and Jie Jenny Zou May 30, 2019January 28, 2022
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Inside the long war to protect plastic

by Tik Root May 16, 2019January 28, 2022

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