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    64% of World’s Farmland at Risk From Pesticide Pollution, Study Finds

    64% of World’s Farmland at Risk From Pesticide Pollution, Study Finds

    About one third of the world’s agricultural land is at high risk from pesticide pollution, a new study has found. The research, published in Nature Geoscience Monday, looked at the use and spread of 92 active pesticide ingredients in 168 countries. They considered an area at risk if the concentration of a chemical exceeded the […]

    Microplastics and Algae Tangle in the Great Lakes

    Microplastics and Algae Tangle in the Great Lakes

    By Andrew Blok Great Lakes algae is catching huge amounts of microplastics. Researchers found that one type of algae, which has greatly expanded its range within the Great Lakes and is one of the most abundant algae by weight there, could catch up to one trillion pieces of microplastic in the Great Lakes. “It’s just […]

    ‘Prolonged and Widespread Drought’ Predicted for Much of U.S. in New NOAA Report

    ‘Prolonged and Widespread Drought’ Predicted for Much of U.S. in New NOAA Report

    A megadrought worsened by climate change is creating and exacerbating problems across the Western U.S. as NOAA predicts precipitation levels below historical norms through June. NOAA’s official spring outlook, released late last week, predicts expanding and worsening drought from Louisiana to Oregon and unusually warm temperatures in almost the entire country — which in turn […]

    Biden Urged to Back ‘Bold, Reparative’ Water Justice Bill

    Biden Urged to Back ‘Bold, Reparative’ Water Justice Bill

    By Andrea Germanos President Joe Biden is being called on to back newly reintroduced legislation that seeks to remedy the nation’s drinking water injustices with boosts to infrastructure and the creation of a water trust fund. “From the plague of water shutoffs due to unaffordable bills during a pandemic, to the recent heartbreaking scenes across […]

    SZA Teams Up With TAZO and American Forests to Fight Environmental Racism

    SZA Teams Up With TAZO and American Forests to Fight Environmental Racism

    At the beginning of quarantine, the nine-time Grammy nominee, SZA, was releasing new songs because she was “bored” and “losing my mind,” she told BAZAAR.com. But new music wasn’t the only endeavor the singer-songwriter had underway. On Wednesday, SZA along with the nonprofit organization American Forests and the TAZO tea company announced their partnership to […]

    New Charges Over Flint’s Water Crisis Offer Only a Trickle of Justice

    New Charges Over Flint’s Water Crisis Offer Only a Trickle of Justice

    By Derrick Z. Jackson No punishment has yet fit the crime of the Flint water crisis, complete with its child poisoning and lethal outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease. After a prior investigation fell apart in 2019, Michigan state prosecutors unveiled a slew of fresh charges against nine figures involved in the fateful penny-pinching move to switch […]

    Appeals Court Agrees that Dakota Access Pipeline River  Crossing Is Illegal

    Appeals Court Agrees that Dakota Access Pipeline River Crossing Is Illegal

    A federal appeals court has struck another blow against the contested Dakota Access Pipeline. A three-judge panel on the U.S. District Court of Appeals from the D.C. Circuit agreed Tuesday with a lower court ruling that the pipeline‘s crossing at the Missouri River near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation is illegal and requires an in-depth […]

    Life-Saving Drinking Water Disinfectants Have a ‘Dark Side’

    Life-Saving Drinking Water Disinfectants Have a ‘Dark Side’

    By Lynne Peeples Editor’s note: This story is part of a nine-month investigation of drinking water contamination across the U.S. The series is supported by funding from the Park Foundation and Water Foundation. Read the launch story, “Thirsting for Solutions,” here. In late September 2020, officials in Wrangell, Alaska, warned residents who were elderly, pregnant […]