Oct 20 One out of six deaths worldwide were pollution-related in 2015 By Laura Santhanam That’s three times more deaths than all fatal cases of AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria, a new report says. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 4:18 News Wrap: Hurricane Harvey caused potentially dangerous chemical spill, says EPA By PBS News Hour In our News Wrap Friday, the EPA warned that Hurricane Harvey caused a potentially dangerous chemical spill from a Houston-area Superfund site. The EPA detected high levels of dioxins in the San Jacinto River, which are linked to cancer and… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 10:27 Destruction in chemical hub Houston raise post-hurricane health concerns By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 29 Hurricane Harvey damages petrochemical refineries, releasing thousands of pounds of airborne pollutants By Nsikan Akpan ExxonMobil disclosed Tuesday that two refineries accidentally released 12,000 pounds of hazardous vapors after being damaged by Hurricane Harvey. But the disclosures represent just four of more than a dozen reports filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality since… Continue reading
Aug 29 This New York river dumps millions of fabric microfibers into the ocean daily By Teresa Carey The Hudson River dumps 300 million microfibers into the Atlantic Ocean each day, according to a new study. Invisible to the naked eye, these fibers can cause health problems for animals and humans. Continue reading
Aug 11 When faced with pollution, these sea snakes shed their stripes By Teresa Carey Australian ecologists found turtle-headed sea snakes cope with excessively polluted waters by losing their white stripes. Continue reading
May 10 Senate blocks move to repeal Obama-era rule on methane emissions By Matthew Daly, Associated Press A Congressional Review Act measure to repeal the methane waste reduction rule failed on a vote of 51-to-49 in the Republican-led chamber. Continue reading
May 09 Take a 360 degree stroll through a 'Trash Mountain' By Mike Fritz The Ghazipur landfill in New Delhi, India stretches across some 70 acres of land. The area has been dubbed "Trash Mountain" because it holds 10 million tons of garbage now piled higher than the city's skyline. Workers can earn about… Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch 7:02 Tackling India's towering landfills takes cultural innovation By PBS News Hour In Delhi, India, the capital of the world's fastest growing economy, there's a towering symbol of the environmental cost of development: tons of festering, toxic trash, piled up 10 stories high, with more and more added every day. Efforts have… Continue watching
Feb 27 Column: How Mardi Gras beads get to the French Quarter By David Redmon for The Conversation A U.K. criminologist tells the dark story behind the production and use of Mardi Gras beads. Continue reading