On Friday, June 6, or 39 days after the accident, seven other American physicians and I visited Moscow Hospital Six and talked with and examined several radiation victims from the Chernobyl site.

Federal plans for oil drilling along a million acres in California would change healthful, wild spaces into sources of pollution and illness.

A stubborn ridge of high pressure is pushing temperatures into record territory and breaking records along the way.

A new CAP analysis finds that the federal government is rife with officials who deny climate change in leadership positions within the executive branch, presidential Cabinet, and Congress.

More than one-third of coal plants and other polluting facilities have been exempted from clear air rules.

A new climate coalition is calling on air quality regulators to phase out 1,800 of these boilers at places like schools and hospitals.

Federal LIHEAP funding, held up by the government shutdown, has become even more critical as winter heating prices are forecast to spike.

We need permitting reform that promotes renewable energy and prioritizes community engagement. The SPEED Act is not the answer and Congress must reject this bill.

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Migrant workers return from Gulf countries with failed kidneys, victims of extreme temperatures, grueling labor, and a global system that leaves them unprotected.

When the head of the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year announced a massive rollback of environmental regulations, he said it would spark a “Golden Age” for the American economy.

American Public Health Association closes its annual meeting with organized protest

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