EHN Originals

PITTSBURGH — Amidst recent news that President Biden plans to block the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel on national security grounds, communities near the company’s plants in Pennsylvania say their concerns about pollution are still ignored. While news about the merger has created political ripples nationally and internationally, members of environmental justice communities…

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Elijah Hutchinson joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss New York City’s first comprehensive study on environmental inequality and how communities can use it to advocate for themselves. Hutchinson, executive director at New York City’s Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, also talks about how the mayor’s office is incorporating…

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PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania-based fracking company is the subject of controversy after one of its projects was listed as an environmental justice initiative under a federal government program by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). An environmental monitoring project conducted by CNX Resources, a natural gas company headquartered in Pittsburgh, was included on a list…

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This article originally published in the September 2024 issue of Natural History Magazine and is republished here with permission. Copyright © Natural History Magazine, Inc., 2024. Story and photographs By Pete Myers. Atmospheric river after atmospheric river—nine in just a few weeks—drenched California from late December 2022 to mid-January 2023. After the barrage, at Point…

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Ten out of eleven popular protein powders recently tested have levels of toxic lead that would trigger a health warning in California, according to a new report from Mamavation. And that’s just the start of the problems. Partnering with EHN.org, the environmental wellness blog and community had 11 chocolate-flavored protein powders tested by a U.S.…

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The low hum of a tour bus engine underpins the constant buzzing of insects. Air conditioning on full blast circulates the bus interior, shielding us from the muggy Louisiana summer. Sharon Lavigne stands at its center, microphone in hand. She crouches slightly, one hand gripping the headrest of a black leather seat, and peeks out…

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In early 2017 when the Trump administration was just starting to reveal its true intentions, I and other U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alumni formed a resistance organization to mobilize a defense for our former EPA colleagues and the mission to which they, and we, had devoted our professional lives. We fact-checked the Trump administration’s version…

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A year and a half after a catastrophic Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical fire in East Palestine, Ohio, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has announced plans to monitor private drinking water wells for Pennsylvania residents living within one mile of the accident site for the next decade. East Palestine borders Pennsylvania, and a…

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Dr. Timnit Kefela joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the the specific ways microplastics harm urban communities and some of her tips for reducing plastic use and exposure. Kefela, who is starting as an assistant professor in environmental science and resource management with a focus on environmental justice at CSU…

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‘Inland Empire Once Again Ranks as Worst in Nation for Air Quality’ read the headline of a 2022 PBS SoCal story. Two years later, little has changed. Earlier this year, the American Lung Association State of the Air report and a separate study show that the Inland Empire region of Southern California ranks among the…

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