Author: Vanessa Glavinskas
The fight over America’s most important chemical safety law, explained
Written by: Vanessa Glavinskas
In 2017, Wendy Hartley lost her 21-year-old son, Kevin, to methylene chloride exposure when he was overcome by fumes while refinishing a bathtub at work. After …
Women’s History Month: This woman helped us learn about the harms of pollution
Written by: Vanessa Glavinskas
Born in 1907, Patrick made a major scientific breakthrough at a time when female scientists were often overlooked and underestimated. Charlie Hodge had no idea his …
This Houston neighborhood may have found the key to adapting to climate change
Written by: Vanessa Glavinskas
Huey German-Wilson is a longtime resident of Houston’s flood-prone northeast side. Over her 30 years there, she has lived through dozens of disasters and major floods. …
She rescues useful items from her neighbors’ trash & the internet can’t get enough
Written by: Vanessa Glavinskas
It’s Sunday afternoon and Claudia von Mallinckrodt is driving very slowly around her suburban Chicago neighborhood, eyes scanning the curb. It’s the day before trash pick-up, …
They fought for major polluters. Now they’re regulating pollution in America
Written by: Vanessa Glavinskas
Inside the Trump administration, many of America’s top regulators have deep ties to heavily polluting industries, raising concerns about the influence of major polluters on rules …
The unlikely allies who saved Gulf Coast fishing
Written by: Vanessa Glavinskas
Texas Fisherman Keith “Buddy” Guindon used to catch more red snapper than anyone else along the Gulf Coast. But when fish populations crashed and communities struggled, …
When a lead poisoning crisis coincided with federal staffing cuts, American kids suffered
Written by: Vanessa Glavinskas
When news broke earlier this year that lead paint had poisoned a student at Milwaukee’s Golda Meir Elementary School, she worried for that child, but thought …
4 ways the EPA may no longer be able to protect you
Written by: Vanessa Glavinskas
4 ways the EPA may no longer be able to protect you The Environmental Protection Agency’s long-time mission has been to protect the environment — and …
2 million people live near presidentially exempt polluters—this map shows if you do too
Written by: Vanessa Glavinskas
Nearly 2 million people now live near a facility with a “presidential exemption” to pollute more. This map tells you if you’re one of them. Since March, …
