PoliticsJohn Englart/Flickrhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ New CA law allows bans on synthetic turf as PFAS worries grow California cities can ban synthetic turf under a law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed. He rejected a bill to ban PFAS in fake lawns.
ImpactsPauline Horn/Flickr Global pollinator losses causing 500,000 early deaths a year – study Insect declines mean reduced yields of healthy foods like fruit and vegetables and increased disease in people.
Impacts Photo by Joe Holland on Unsplash Extreme heat will change us Half the world could soon face dangerous heat. The New York Times measured the daily toll it is already taking.
Impactscommons.wikimedia.org An intimate look at Mexico's Indigenous Seri people The identity of the Seri is integrally tied to their natural environment, which in recent years has been susceptible to an increasing number of existential threats.
www.publicdomainpictures.net Poisoned ground: Dealing with Washington’s legacy of pesticides A new program is helping developers and landowners clean up former orchard lands once doused with dangerous lead arsenate.
Solutions Air pollution kills millions every year, like a 'pandemic in slow motion' Dirty air is a plague on our health, causing 7 million deaths and many more preventable illnesses worldwide each year. But the solutions are clear.
Politics publicintegrity.org Dangerous heat, unequal consequences How two neighborhoods in Arizona and Florida became hotspots for sickening heat.
Op-ed: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley