Sharon Lerner

Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.

New advances in environmental science are providing a detailed understanding of the human costs of the Trump administration’s approach to climate change.

Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.

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Erin McCanlies was listening to the radio one morning in April when she heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promising to find the cause of autism by September.

This spring, scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency completed a report on the toxicity of a “forever chemical” called PFNA, which is in the drinking water systems serving some 26

The new directive asks workers to check the backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with the department's scientists for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” Their names are being sent to national security experts at the agency.

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For decades, a small EPA program assessed toxic chemicals. In an internal memo obtained by ProPublica, a top Trump appointee sharply criticized the program's work and directed agency offices to review regulations that relied on its assessments.