A third of U.S. adults are making trade-offs to pay for health care … Rising temperatures will make it harder for people to ...

As the Trump administration loosens regulations on power plants, levels of hazardous air pollutants emitted by the industry are spiking, a recent examination finds. Emissions data released by the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Houston pediatrician D. Maneesh Kumar talks with his young patient, Maya, who was born with a rare genetic disorder. Maya’s family relies on Medicaid to cover the expensive treatment and care she ...

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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 ...

Barges in the Channelview area of Harris County, Texas, on August 23, 2023. Credit: Mark Felix SAN JACINTO RIVER, Texas — Over the past 30 years, federal and state agencies in Texas have allowed ...

Martin Garduño, of Stripe It Up, works on striping the intersection of West 29th and San Gabriel streets on a hot afternoon in Austin, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. Credit: Jay Janner/Austin ...

This story was co-published by Grist. Billions of dollars in public money are beginning to flow to seven “hydrogen hubs” around the country — regional nerve centers for a potentially clean fuel that ...