Environmental Disasters

EPA Budget Cuts Could Make East Chicago's Lead Crisis Worse

Contaminated drinking water adds to the woes of a city already dealing with toxic soil from a Superfund site.
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Climate Change Is Turning Minor Floods Into A Major Problem

The result of increasingly frequent “nuisance” flooding could be even more destructive than disasters like Katrina and Sandy.
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Novel Strategy For Dealing With Toxic Contamination: Do Nothing

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There's A Reason Zika Virus Became A Pandemic In 2015

The health consequences of climate change have begun.
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Study Identifies More Than 6,600 Fracking Spills Over 10-Year Period

There have been more than 4,400 spills in North Dakota alone.
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Al Gore: 'Horrific' Health Risks From Climate, But 'We Have Solutions'

More infectious disease and health problems from extreme heat and air pollution are possibilities.
By Sara G. Miller, Live Science

Drought And Climate Change Are Forcing Young Guatemalans To Flee To The U.S.

What's happening in Guatemala is, in many ways, a harbinger of what's to come throughout the world.
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The ExxonMobil Near-Disaster You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

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