Causes Europe’s plastics industry is about to boom. U.S. fracking is driving it Even as the European Union rolls out aggressive plans for reducing plastic waste, countries are importing cheap ethane gas to fuel their plastics industries.
Impacts www.abc.net.au NSW researchers study how P2 surgical masks could protect people with chronic medical conditions from bushfire smoke New research will determine the efficacy of surgical P2 masks to protect against bushfire smoke.
Impacts www.alleghenyfront.org Climate change, COVID make farmworkers' jobs more dangerous Most people have never met a farmworker, and haven’t seen the extraordinary conditions they work in, including smoke from wildfires and heatwaves.
Impacts www.nytimes.com David Darlington: Wildfires, COVID-19, Earthquakes. What’s Next for California? Nature seems to be ganging up on the Golden State.
Impacts A hurricane in the middle of a pandemic: Medical facilities say they’re ready Hospitals say they have plans in place to protect the sick and the well from COVID-19 when Laura strikes.
Newsletter How hurricane preparations are adapting to COVID-19 Thousands of hotel rooms, a million masks—safely escaping this season's hurricanes is forcing cities and states to meet an unprecedented challenge.
Impacts How wildfire crew camps are dealing with COVID-19 Thousands of firefighters are battling wildfires burning across the West. Are their plans to control COVID-19 working?
As Biden prepares to block the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel, pollution concerns persist in Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania fracking company with more than 2,000 environmental violations selected for federal environmental justice funding
Op-ed: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley
