Much fear surrounds the environmental crisis and its implications for the future of the community. Washington, D.C. residents are feeling the impacts of climate change, as more people are put at risk ...

Drexel University, in partnership with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, has launched a new platform, The Environmental Collaboratory, focused on climate change, environmental ...

Everyone has the right to live safe and healthy lives with equal environmental protections and meaningful participation in decisions affecting their community. Meaningful participation is important ...

For four years, the Environmental Protection Agency made environmental justice one of its biggest priorities, working to improve health conditions in heavily-polluted communities often made up largely ...

If the medical community is a caregiving army, then nurses are the enlisted corps. They’re the in-the-trenches troops with the cloth chevrons of the sergeant or the corporal sewn on their sleeves, not ...

Heat health action plans often fail to address the specific needs of individuals with mental illness, despite the increased risks they face. While air conditioning offers temporary relief, ...

As a student at Huntington Park High in the early 2000s, Milton Hernandez Nimatuj said they often woke up to the stench of dead animals. Some days were worse than others. But when the odor was ...

When the federal government shuts down, images of furloughed workers and closed museums and monuments dominate the headlines. But hidden beneath these surface disruptions are quieter, more insidious ...

A recent Yale opinion poll showed that not only are Mecklenburg residents worried about climate change, but the majority also believe that local elected officials should do more to address global ...

Steel and aluminum are two of the world’s most in-demand materials, feeding numerous sectors — including construction and transportation — with demand forecast to grow in the coming decades. Aluminum ...