Cancer’s Toll On 9/11 Survivors Is Accelerating 25 Years Later
"The number of victims receiving aid has tripled in recent years, a Post analysis finds, as the illness’s toll becomes more apparent."
Source: Washington Post, 09/10/2026
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You Don’t Have a Right to Safe Drinking Water, US Court Rules
"On Friday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit against the city of Jackson, Mississippi, which alleged the city knowingly let residents drink lead-contaminated water." "A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis."
Source: Mother Jones, 09/10/2026
Beloved Tree Fell In Washington And People Covered It With Thank-You Notes
"Apparently, if a tree falls in Washington, people will notice — and even mourn its collapse."
Source: Washington Post, 09/09/2026
S. Calif. Authorities Respond To A Leak Of An Unknown Chemical From A Tank
"A slow leak from a chemical tank smeared an orange cloud across the sky of a Southern California neighborhood on Tuesday, but authorities said they quickly got it under control."
Source: AP, 09/09/2026
In an Age of Perpetual Climate Disaster, Rebuilding Is the Wrong Goal
"This spring, the Southeast was on fire. Ninety-five percent of the region was in severe drought, and in parts of Georgia and the Carolinas what was burning was what’s called the “blowdown” from Hurricane Helene — the fires tearing through landscapes heavy with trees felled a year and a half ago and left to bake into ready fuel, waiting for a spark."
Source: New York Times, 09/09/2026
Report Flags Thousands Of Food Packaging Chemicals For Replacement
"A new study identifies the chemical groups that packaging manufacturers and regulators should target for replacement in the food system to protect human health."
Source: Chemical & Engineering News, 09/09/2026
Studies Link New Mexico Drilling to Radiation, Air Pollution, Health Risks
"Small towns in the Permian Basin have become a petri dish for the perils of living amid the nation’s largest oil fields."
Source: Capital & Main, 09/09/2026
Commentary: The Great Salt Lake — Utah’s Silent Health Emergency
"In recent years, public discourse on air quality in Utah has rightly focused on the dangers of wildfire smoke. Wildfire events across the Western United States have degraded air quality for days and weeks at a time. Yet, while headlines chase each new plume of smoke, a slower and arguably more dangerous crisis has been allowed to develop with remarkably little urgency: the drying of the Great Salt Lake and the toxic dust it is now releasing into the air that Utahns breathe every single day."
Source: Utah News Dispatch, 09/09/2026
Judge Blocks Trump DOI Effort to Evict Hundreds of Bison From Public Land
"A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to evict hundreds of bison from public lands in Montana."
Source: Public Domain, 09/09/2026
U.S. to Loan $1.9 Billion to Restart a Shuttered Nuclear Plant in Iowa
"The Energy Department said on Tuesday that it would lend up to $1.9 billion to help restart a shuttered nuclear power plant in Iowa, in the Trump administration’s latest move aimed at reviving nuclear energy in the United States." "No company in the United States has ever restarted a reactor that was seemingly closed for good, but there are now three major efforts underway to do so."
Source: New York Times, 09/09/2026
