Environmental Health
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Mushrooms can help prevent mega-wildfires
By Stephen Robert Miller for the Food and Environment Reporting Network.Broadcast version by Eric Galatas for Colorado News Connection reporting for t…
Thursday, May 16, 2024
MI leaders mark progress in removing lead water lines
It has been a decade since the massive fallout from the Flint water crisis. Now, Michigan leaders are highlighting their progress in removing lead …
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Environmental group takes on polluters in historic Louisiana neighborhood
An environmental justice organization in Wallace, Louisiana, says it won't back down in a fight for the health of its historic community. The …
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
People in TX prisons claim heat-related health effects, demand air conditioning
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is facing a class action lawsuit calling for the agency to add central air conditioning to all its prisons…
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
A spigot of federal money opens, clean water one goal
The Environmental Protection Agency said the country's aging systems of water pipes are hotbeds for chemical and lead contamination. More lead …
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
EDF maps show progress on Tennessee lead service line replacement
Tennessee has fallen behind on lead service line replacement, with the Environmental Defense Fund's new maps showing only one utility with a public …
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
NM agency considers new rule on fracked wastewater
What the extraction industry calls "produced water" is the subject of hearings this week in New Mexico. The term applies to water coming out of the …
MD air quality highlighted during Asthma Awareness Month
May is Asthma Awareness Month and a report on air quality shows mixed results for Marylanders. The American Lung Association recently released its 25…
Monday, May 13, 2024
New England groups warn against 'factory' fish farming in federal waters
New England fishermen and environmental groups are working to prevent the growth of industrial-size fish farms in U.S. open waters. They said …
Scientists engage moms to help fight climate change on behalf of kids
Moms from a nonpartisan climate science group are gearing up for summer, getting the word out to Pennsylvania families on how more frequent and …
Monday, May 13, 2024
Consumer groups call on feds to regulate flame retardants in cars
UPDATE: A response has been added from the Alliance for Automotive Innovation. (2:02 p.m. PDT, May 14, 2024) A new study showed the flame …
Livestock waste making 'Pure Michigan' waters not so pure
Michigan boasts 11,000 inland lakes, more freshwater shoreline than any other state and tens of thousands of miles of rivers and streams but a new …