A DIY guide for LA residents on lead-contaminated yard soil: how to test, when to clean up, covering soil, additives, and why sunflowers won't fix it.
Environment & Climate
Metal recycling hubs, battery recycling plants and airports all help make lead contamination a stubborn LA County problem.
Three separate Atlas explosions and cancer risks the LA County DA’s office calls 48-times above health standards threaten the Watts school.
Months after Typhoon Halong devastated villages in western Alaska, displaced young people were still grappling with its toll. Their stories reveal gaps in mental health care and the need for sustained support.
Precipitation has increased 15% across the Great Lakes region in seven decades, straining Metro Detroit’s aging infrastructure. A regional task force aims to develop flood mitigation strategies by spring 2027.
Suicides among youth who evacuated Alaska Native villages after Typhoon Halong raise concerns around trauma responses to the climate disaster.
A reporter looked at data from two Central Valley counties and found people who had domestic wells were more likely than not to have nitrate levels in their wells above the safe drinking limit.
A Chicago journalist asks, Why do some parts of Chicago flood worse than others? Why are low-income, Black-majority areas hit the hardest?
Almost every community in the Chicago area is at risk of flooding, and powerful storms are expected to increase. Here’s what to know about flood insurance.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration says it will spend more than $520 million to fix homes and the sewer infrastructure needed to help prevent future floods. Residents are growing impatient.