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.

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.