Reacting to Trump administration proposals calling for higher-paced processing, critics say protections for workers, animals and food safety are not the only concerns.

By Georgina Gustin

Jill Mauer spent more than 30 years as a government inspector, watching over meat plants as workers slaughtered and processed animals into market-ready chops and wings.

Faster Slaughterhouse Line Speeds Are Increasingly a Climate Problem

As pollen season gets longer and more severe, allergies can compound with other climate health hazards to cause serious harm.

By Keerti Gopal

It’s not in your head.

How Climate Change Makes Your Allergies Worse

In the San Luis Valley, the ongoing megadrought and a record-low snowpack are draining groundwater and increasing its concentrations of toxic metals. There are few protections for residents drinking from private wells.

By Emily Payne

Julie Zahringer hears a common refrain at her environmental laboratory in Alamosa, Colorado: A customer has been drinking well water on family land where they’ve lived for years, but recently noticed it has changed. They want to know why.

As a Colorado Aquifer Runs Low, Dangerous Heavy Metals Threaten Rural Communities’ Drinking Water