EHN Originals

I’ve been a member of a worthy non-profit, The Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ), since one year after its 1991 founding. Every once in a while, I pester its 1,200 members to consider a special award for I-told-you-so reporting—honoring an environment reporter who shouts into the winds of political clout or simple indifference to a…

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Systemic racism and inequity has always run as a powerful undercurrent through environmental and climate change impacts. But it’s taken a global pandemic and shifting political winds in the U.S. to connect environmental impacts with environmental justice in such a mainstream, widespread way. That’s according to three journalists at the frontlines of climate and environmental…

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About 2.3 million Americans are exposed to high natural strontium levels in their drinking water, a metal that can harm bone health in children, according to a United States Geological Survey study. The study, published in Applied Geochemistry, found that almost every groundwater sample across 32 U.S. aquifers had detectable strontium levels, while 2.3 percent…

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Dr. Veena Singla joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Health podcast to discuss the often-arduous path of turning science into policy, and finding confidence and a voice as a scientist. Singla, a senior scientist for the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Health People and Thriving Communities program, talks about the difference between academic research and…

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Within the past decade, those working on the frontlines of marine health have treated an unprecedented number of animals poisoned by harmful algal blooms. Jayme Smith, the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project’s harmful algal bloom expert, was an undergraduate student at Vanguard University of Southern California working with sea lions at a local marine…

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By 2050, many of climate change’s worst projected impacts could be fully upon us—or fully upon our descendants. The question is, will a half-century of sustained manmade upheaval ever dominate the top of the news? I’m skeptical. Worldwide, COVID-19 has had a lock on Top Story for a year now. In the U.S., two horrid…

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In late March of 2017, just a few weeks before Earth Day, the first Enviro-Art Gallery showcase took place as a small gathering and presentation in the cafeteria of James River High School in Midlothian, Virginia. More than 100 pieces of artwork was stapled to stacks of wood, rectangular easels placed sporadically throughout the small…

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Since 1960 about 21 percent of global agriculture production, including livestock, tree farming, and traditional crops such as corn and soybeans, has been negatively impacted by climate change, according to a new study. In the research published today in Nature Climate Change agriculture production is defined not just as crop yields or the amount of…

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Have you ever gone to the doctor’s office, had your body poked at, answered invasive questions, only to be told they will contact you if there is an issue? Being a participant in a research study is often like that, except there is rarely any follow-up. Researchers expect participants to submit to protocols, often with…

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Let’s take a listen into Yellowstone National Park, the oldest and one of the most idyllic public spaces available to the American public. Today we speak with longtime park ranger Beth Taylor, who dives into her journey as a park ranger, and what the diverse landscapes of Yellowstone mean to her as someone dedicated to…

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