From federal rulemakers all the way down to Kentucky lawmakers, 2025 was full of regulatory wins for mining companies.

Public Health Watch’s podcast highlighted residents’ lack of protection from industrial facilities moving into their neighborhoods — even when deed restrictions were in place. Three months later, the ...

People who live on the San Jacinto fear chemical releases and explosions from the vessels. It’s unclear who’s policing the ...

People who live on the San Jacinto fear chemical releases and explosions from the vessels. It’s unclear who’s policing the ...

Study finds broad support for government role in health care … Firefighter protective gear may endanger health … Dirty rain ...

Study finds broad support for government role in health care … Firefighter protective gear may endanger health … Dirty rain and food … and more.

This story was updated on April 23, 2025. On August 6, 2012, a corroded, eight-inch pipe at Chevron’s oil refinery in Richmond, California, cracked open, sending a white cloud hundreds of feet into ...

The sun sets behind a rural home in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Credit: Salina Arredondo This is one of two stories examining extreme heat in California’s San Joaquin Valley. The project was a ...

Downtown Houston on a smoggy day. Particulate matter, an ingredient in smog, has been linked to a long list of health effects, including premature death, stroke and breast cancer. Credit: Dave Fehling ...

Houston pediatrician D. Maneesh Kumar talks with his young patient, Maya, who was born with a rare genetic disorder. Maya’s family relies on Medicaid to cover the expensive treatment and care she ...