Climate change has lengthened the hot season in many parts of the U.S., which enhances the risk for workers. Schlader and ...

Scorecard ranks best, worst states for Medicare … Health care workers struggle with financial, job insecurity … Climate ...

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Some experts believe CKD is the first chronic illness directly linked to climate change. This story is the third in a series on the effects of rising temperatures across Texas.

Just this week, the president froze billions in funding for renewable-energy projects in Democrat-led states amidst a wider ...

A cracked pipe at Chevron’s oil refinery in Richmond, California, released a flammable white vapor that quickly ignited, sending a large cloud of black smoke across surrounding communities on August 6 ...

In the spring of 1977, federal workplace-safety regulators were confronted with a grim government study. Current and former employees of two Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. plants in Ohio had been using ...

Downtown Houston on a smoggy day. Particulate matter, an ingredient in smog, has been linked to a long list of health effects, including premature death, stroke and breast cancer. Credit: Dave Fehling ...

Texas Health and Environment Alliance founder Jackie Medcalf stands near the San Jacinto River in Highlands, Texas. For the past eight months, Medcalf has pushed the state to release ...

Child tax credit program boosted infant health…deadly breast cancer linked to living near Superfund sites…air pollution is ...