EHN Originals

Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to talk about how we can learn from COVID-19 to make our infectious disease responses more effective and equitable. Senior Agents of Change fellows Gavin Rienne, an epidemiology and biostatistics Ph.D. candidate at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health, and Lorraine…

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Firearms-related tax revenue is an outsized source of funding for wildlife conservation, even as gun ownership and hunting no longer go hand-in-hand, according to a recent study published in the journal Conservation and Society. The authors identified ethical problems and a need for re-imagining conservation funding, including who bears responsibility and who reaps the benefits.…

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Firearms-related tax revenue is an outsized source of funding for wildlife conservation, even as gun ownership and hunting no longer go hand-in-hand, according to a recent study published in the journal Conservation and Society. The authors identified ethical problems and a need for re-imagining conservation funding, including who bears responsibility and who reaps the benefits.…

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In March 2022, 175 countries came together in an agreement to begin negotiations on a global treaty to address the plastic crisis. This week, governments from across the globe will meet in Dakar, Senegal, to develop the terms of the new Plastics Treaty, setting the stage for what will— and will not—be addressed in the…

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There’s a little pond on Cape Cod that’s been a treasured place for three generations of my family. The five acres of Moll’s Pond were larger than life for me, and, later, for my own kids. My mom and dad both had their ashes scattered there. Even if we only spent a week or two…

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I want to share a role model for impactful change. For 27 years, Virginia Organizing has quietly – and not-so-quietly – pushed for equity and social justice in and around Virginia. And for 20 of those years, Environmental Health Sciences, publisher of EHN.org and DailyClimate.org, has been part of the VO family. VO serves as…

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A car pulls up to a street corner, and a young, bearded man hops in the passenger seat, only to come face to face with a weathered and bald future version of himself. The two have an offbeat, funny conversation that veers from their shared dream of marrying Taylor Swift and the pronunciation of the…

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EHN reporter Kristina Marusic won an award at the 2022 Golden Quill Awards for her reporting on the health impacts of fracking. The Golden Quills competition, held by the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania, honors excellence in print, broadcast, photography, videography and digital journalism in western Pennsylvania and nearby counties in Ohio and West Virginia.…

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Science and the U.S. Supreme Court are on course to become oil and water, much to the joy of Big Oil and to the dread of those who support actions that protect our planet. That’s the implication of the reasoning of Justice Samuel Alito in his leaked draft of the high court’s potential ruling to…

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Exclusive: Nearly half existing facilities will need to close prematurely to limit heating to 1.5C, scientists say

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