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Molly Taft
One State’s War on Forever Chemicals in Milk
After some shocking discoveries a few years back, Maine has led the charge in banning the use of sewage-based fertilizers, which have been found to contaminate farmlands with PFAS. Getting national policies on the books, however, may prove much harder.
December 20, 2024
December 9, 2024
Liza Featherstone
The Oil Industry Is Helping to Spread Misinfo About Whale Deaths
A Brown University study found that organized opposition to wind energy was fueled by extensive “information” from the fossil fuel industry.
November 13, 2024
Jean Su
Trump’s Election Is a Disaster for the Climate—and an Opportunity
For climate activists, the current moment is almost unbearably bleak. But the task is clear: to build a mass movement that completely overhauls our current political system.
September 10, 2024
Genevieve Guenther
How Harris Can Put Trump on the Defensive Over Fracking
Kamala Harris needs to make an affirmative case for her climate policy, rather than accepting Trump’s framing.
August 28, 2024
Liza Featherstone
Harris Is Missing a Big Opportunity on Environmental Policy
Coming out strongly against microplastics, pesticides, and other forms of pollution could pull RFK Jr. voters to the Democrats. It’s also just good policy.
August 23, 2024
Justin Zorn
Bros Beware: Trump Has a Plan to Shrink Your Testicles
The former president’s crude appeals to masculinity culture clash with his lax approach toward PFAS and pesticides, which have been linked to lowered testosterone and sperm count.
August 14, 2024
Nick Romeo
The British Economist Who Became a Celebrity With an Anti-Growth Pitch
Tim Jackson found unlikely fame by arguing that slower growth will actually make us happier—and more prosperous.
July 30, 2024
Nick Tabor
There’s Something Funny Going on With Florida’s Lead Pipe Numbers
Florida is slated to receive more federal funds for lead replacement than almost any other state. But experts say it doesn’t actually have many lead pipes.
July 8, 2024
Liza Featherstone
Send Wealthy Tree Killers to Jail
Rich homeowners are cutting or poisoning trees for a better view and even better profit. Weak fines won’t stop them.
July 3, 2024
Kate Aronoff
Yes, Biden Should Step Down—for the Sake of the Planet
By refusing to do so, he’s not only imperiling American democracy.
June 14, 2024
Heather Souvaine Horn
Being Against Poop in Rivers Is Now “Un-American”
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has an unusual interpretation of Oklahoma v. Tyson.
June 12, 2024
Melody Schreiber
Raw Milk Drinkers Could Increase the Risk of Another Pandemic
Some people mistakenly think raw milk could protect against bird flu. Instead, they could infect themselves, giving the virus a better chance to mutate for rapid human-to-human transmission.
June 7, 2024
Liza Featherstone
Here’s How We Know That Vermont’s New Climate Law Will Work
Making polluters pay for the damage they cause isn’t radical. The federal Superfund law has been notching up successes for decades.
May 14, 2024
Liza Featherstone
Artificial Turf Is Tearing Towns Apart
The PFAS in playing fields—and the open question of what they might do to kids—is turning into a culture war.
May 10, 2024
Heather Souvaine Horn
The Really Grim Part About Gas Stoves
Lower-income people living in smaller spaces are especially affected by the toxic gases these ranges leak.
May 10, 2024
Melody Schreiber
Big Ag, Not Wild Birds, Is What Really Spreads Avian Flu
While wild animals can spread the virus, industrial farms are where it really thrives—and likely originated.
May 4, 2024
Heather Souvaine Horn
Companies Legally Use Poison to Make Your Decaf Coffee
And they are fighting every effort to ban it.
May 2, 2024
Lydia Millet
If Corporations Are People, Then Animals Should Be Too
Enshrining the rights of nonhuman entities in law would help us protect them before it’s too late.
April 4, 2024
Heather Souvaine Horn
Fish Are Behaving Erratically and Dying. No One Knows Why.
Endangered smalltooth sawfish are one of many species that have been seen spinning around and beaching themselves off the Florida Keys.
March 28, 2024
Austin Frerick
Do You Know Where Your Strawberries Come From?
Driscoll’s is an empire—one that depends on genetic patents and large infusions of water and pesticides.

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