Pollution

1. WATER POLLUTION. The Stuff of Life

Lethal Algae Blooms

An Ecosystem Out of Balance /

Jeremy Hance

Trump Administration Cuts Back Federal Protections for Streams and Wetlands / Scott Neuman and Colin Dywer

E.P.A. Is Letting Cities Dump More Raw Sewage into Rivers for Years to Come / Christopher Flavelle

Great Lakes Waters at Risk from Buried Contaminants and New Threats / Robert M. L. McKay, Joel E. Gagnon, John Hartig, et al.

The Missing 99%: Why Can't We Find the Vast Majority of Ocean Plastic? / Stephen Buranyi

Plastic Bags Were Finally Being Banned: Then Came the Pandemic / Jasmin Malik Chua

2. CLEAN AIR. Waiting to Inhale. What Causes Asthma? Clues from London's Great Smog with Implications for Air Pollution Today / Jamie T. Mullins

Air Pollution Could Make the COVID-19 Pandemic Worse for Some People / Justine Calma

Black People Are Dying from the Coronavirus

Air Pollution Is One of the Main Culprits /

Jared Dewese

Trump Dismantles Environmental Protections under Cover of Coronavirus / Emily Holden

Fine Particle Air Pollution Is a Public Health Emergency Hiding in Plain Sight /

Douglas Brugge and James Lane.

3. WASTE AND LAND CONSERVATION. Wasted Lands. 60% of Superfund Sites Could Be Hit by Climate Change, New Government Report Finds / Dino Grandoni and Brady Dennis

Plastic Recycling Is Broken: Why Does Big Plastic Want Cities to Get $1 Billion to Fix It? / Shannon Osaka

Four Things You Didn't Know about Nuclear Waste / Laura Leay

On Nuclear Waste, Finland Shows U.S. How It Can Be Done / Henry Fountain

How a Nuclear Stalemate Left Radioactive Waste Stranded on a California Beach / Rachel Becker

4. SIDE EFFECTS. Hidden Dimensions. Is Noise Pollution the Next Big Public-Health Crisis? / David Owen

Noise Pollution Hurts Wildlife, but States Have Trouble Turning Down the Volume /

Alex Brown

Light Pollution Is a Big Problem, But You Can Help / Joe Rao

The Vanishing Night: Light Pollution Threatens Ecosystems / Diana Kwon

Where Light Pollution Is Seeping into the Rural Night Sky / Linda Poon.

5. LOOKING AHEAD. Finding Solutions. Helping the Environment, One Small Sensor at a Time / Ellen Rosen

Ocean Cleanup Won't Turn a Profit, But We Should Still Do It / Peter King

China Could Wash Away Smog with Artificial Rain Storms from Skyscrapers / Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Pulling CO2 Out of the Air and Using It Could Be a Trillion-Dollar Business / David Roberts

This Bicycle Will Clean Polluted Air While You Pedal / Nick Mafi

What If Air Conditioners Could Help Save the Planet Instead of Destroying It? / Matt Simon. Bibliography. Websites.