EHN Originals

Last Tuesday, we almost had a breakthrough moment on the environment. With Interior Secretary David Bernhardt by his side, the 45th President prepared to set pen to paper on a bipartisan, nearly unassailable conservation bill to protect National Parks and other wild lands. And then comedy broke out. As God as my witness, President Donald…

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Natural habitats across the planet that humans have converted to farms, cities or suburbs are much more likely to harbor wildlife that carry parasites or pathogens such as the novel coronavirus than undisturbed areas, according to a new study. “The global expansion of agricultural and urban land that is forecast for the coming decades—much of…

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If there’s one constant in American politics during my adult lifetime, it’s that the Democrats can take any opportunity, any poll lead, or any safe bet, and completely f*ck it up. Witness the final years of Ronald Reagan’s presidency. A shadowy conspiracy, run out of the White House basement by a rogue Marine Lieutenant Colonel,…

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Four of the fellows who participated in the Agents of Change program this year joined the Collaborative on Health and the Environment to discuss their research, activism, and experiences with publishing their ideas. Agents of Change is an ongoing series featuring the stories, analyses and perspectives of next generation environmental health leaders who come from…

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Plaintiffs in the U.S. Roundup litigation are starting to learn the details of what Bayer AG’s $10 billion settlement of cancer claims actually means for them individually, and some are not liking what they see. Bayer said in late June it had negotiated settlements with several major plaintiffs’ law firms in a deal that would…

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A climate change initiative in the Northeastern U.S. designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions has also greatly reduced harmful air pollution and related impacts to kids’ health, such as asthma, preterm births and low birth weights, according to a new study. Led by researchers from the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health at Columbia University…

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will be felt across the planet for a long time. In a new video series called “The World After Coronavirus,” professor Adil Najam of the Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies, is talking to leading experts across the world to explore the challenges and opportunities we will face…

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The Indigenous Wayuu people have long battled the Cerrejón coal mine. Amid Covid-19, they’re now appealing to the U.N.

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In 1977, the new president, Jimmy Carter, thought it might be nice to look ahead at what the global environment might look like at the dawn of the coming millennium. The result was a report that was both exhaustive and alarming. Global 2000 was released to the public on July 24, 1980. Twenty years into…

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Researchers have found evidence of ice loss from Wilkes Basin in eastern Antarctica during a climate warming event 400,000 years ago, which suggests that parts of the East Antarctic ice sheet could be lost to modern warming trends—ultimately resulting in an additional 13 feet of sea level rise. Scientists believe that over the last few…

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