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Biden’s infrastructure plan targets lead pipes that threaten public health across...

Staff Writer - May 5, 2021

Gabriel Filippelli, IUPUI President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan includes a proposal to upgrade the U.S. drinking water distribution system...

Environment

Nearly 60 million Americans don’t drink their tap water, research suggests...

Staff Writer - April 15, 2021

Asher Rosinger, Penn State Imagine seeing a news report about lead contamination in drinking water in a community that...

Politics

On environmental protection, Biden’s election will mean a 180-degree turn from...

Staff Writer - November 22, 2020

Janet McCabe, Indiana University The Trump administration has waged what I and many other legal experts view as an all-out assault on the nation’s environmental...

Environment

Coronavirus spotlights the link between clean water and health

Staff Writer - March 22, 2020

David Feldman, University of California, Irvine As the world confronts the coronavirus pandemic, experts say that a key way to minimize the odds of getting...

Environment

Is burning trash a good way to handle it? Waste incineration...

Staff Writer - June 30, 2019

Ana Baptista, The New School Burning trash has a long history in the United States, and municipal solid waste incinerators have sparked resistance in many...

Environment

Is burning trash a good way to handle it? Waste incineration...

Staff Writer - June 20, 2019

Ana Baptista, The New School Burning trash has a long history in the United States, and municipal solid waste incinerators have sparked resistance in many...

Environment

Fossil fuels are bad for your health and harmful in many...

Staff Writer - February 9, 2019

Noel Healy, Salem State University; Jennie C. Stephens, Northeastern University, and Stephanie Malin, Colorado State University Many Democratic lawmakers aim to pass a Green New...

Environment

Rural Americans’ struggles against factory farm pollution find traction in court

Staff Writer - July 2, 2018

Sacoby Wilson, University of Maryland As U.S. livestock farming becomes more industrial, it is changing rural life. Many people now live near Concentrated Animal Feeding...