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2026

Nine Million Lead Pipes: The Underground Crisis America Finally Has to Fix July 20, 2026 Protect People
Field Note: The Contradiction Engine July 17, 2026 Field Note
The Consent Decree Collapse: What Happens When America Stops Enforcing Its Environmental Laws July 13, 2026 Make Government Legible
Field Note: The Hearing and the Hard Part July 10, 2026 Field Note
How Two Pennsylvania Towns Fought Back Against Forever Chemicals in Their Drinking Water July 8, 2026 Case Study
The Great Substitution: How Industry Is Finally Replacing Forever Chemicals with Safer Chemistry July 6, 2026 Design Safer Systems
Field Note: The Week the Clock Started July 3, 2026 Field Note
When Washington Retreats: The States Stepping Up on PFAS July 1, 2026 Case Study
America's 450,000 Brownfields: From Contamination to Comeback June 29, 2026 Restore Land & Water
Field Note: Four Hundred Fifty Million and a Question June 26, 2026 Field Note
Stuart, Florida: The City That Sued Back June 24, 2026 Case Study
What Washes In with the Tide June 22, 2026 Protect People
The Invisible Crisis: Six Billion Gallons of Treated Water Lost Every Day — and the Technology That Can Stop It June 22, 2026 Build It Right
You Can't Find What You Don't Look For June 21, 2026 Protect People
Field Note: The Comment Window June 19, 2026 Field Note
Field Note: The Two-Speed EPA June 12, 2026 Field Note
Cape Fear: The River That Fought Back June 11, 2026 Case Study
Replacing Forever: The Industries Designing PFAS Out of Existence June 8, 2026 Design Safer Systems
Field Note: Shovels and Standards June 5, 2026 Field Note
Field Note: The Destruction Illusion May 29, 2026 Field Note
The Perfect Storm: How Drought, Sewage, and a Rainstorm Killed Thousands of Fish in the Chattahoochee May 25, 2026 Restore Land & Water
America's Unregulated Drinking Water: 43 Million People on Private Wells Nobody's Testing May 25, 2026 Protect People
The Dam Craft: How Hand-Built Beaver Dams Are Restoring America's Waterways May 22, 2026 Restore Land & Water
A Conversation with a River: Inside Swift Water Design's Mission to Restore America's Waterways May 22, 2026 Restore Land & Water
Field Note: It Falls from the Sky May 22, 2026 Field Note
French Island: When Every Well on the Island Tested Positive May 20, 2026 Case Study
The Enforcement Gap: What Happens When Nobody's Watching the Polluters May 18, 2026 Make Government Legible
Field Note: The Week the Guardrails Came Off May 15, 2026 Field Note
Follow the Money: Who Profits from Appalachian Mine Methane Credits May 11, 2026 Make Government Legible
The Dewatering Loophole: How Carbon Credit Rules Ban Injecting Water but Ignore Removing It May 11, 2026 Design Safer Systems
From Buried Waste to Bright Future: How America's 10,000 Closed Landfills Are Getting a Second Life May 11, 2026 Restore Land & Water
Carbon Credits That Poison Communities: How a $680 Million Climate Program Ignores the Water May 3, 2026 Protect People
States Step Up as Federal PFAS Protections Stall May 8, 2026 Field Note
The Small-Town Water Fix: How Distributed Treatment Can Save Rural America's Drinking Water May 4, 2026 Smart Infrastructure
Carbon Credits That Poison Communities: How a $680 Million Climate Program Ignores the Water May 3, 2026 Case Study
Field Note: States Lead While Washington Deliberates May 1, 2026 Field Note
Cape Fear Fought Back: How a North Carolina Community Forced a Chemical Giant to Clean Up Its Water April 29, 2026 Case Study
Breaking Forever: The Technologies That Can Actually Destroy PFAS April 27, 2026 Design Safer Systems
240 Million Gallons and a Third Delay April 24, 2026 Field Note
The Truth About Earth Day: From 20 Million Protesters to Corporate PR Campaign April 22, 2026 Accountability
Guardians for Sale: How the Organizations That Promised to Protect You Became the Problem April 22, 2026 Accountability
Fort Worth, Texas: When Forever Chemicals Followed the Water April 22, 2026 Case Study
Microplastics in Drinking Water: What We Know and What We Don't April 20, 2026 Water Quality
The Plastic Detox: What Netflix Gets Right—And What It Misses April 19, 2026 Protect People
Field Note: The Gap Between Standards and Systems April 17, 2026 Field Note
Your Yoga Pants Might Be Toxic: Texas AG Investigates Lululemon Over Forever Chemicals April 15, 2026 PFAS & Forever Chemicals
Belmont, Michigan: When Shoe Polish Poisoned a Town April 15, 2026 Case Study
The Landfill RNG Boom: 589 Facilities, $2 Billion Invested, and a Lot of Gas Left to Capture April 13, 2026 Smart Infrastructure
We Mapped Every Public Water System, Industrial Discharge, and Superfund Site in America. Here's What We Found. April 12, 2026 Data & Tools
Field Note: Wisconsin Puts $133M Behind PFAS Cleanup, EPA Weakens Coal Ash Rules, and a Nano Cage That Actually Works April 10, 2026 Field Note
Horsham Township: When 70,000 Neighbors Discovered Their Water Was Poisoned by the Military April 9, 2026 Case Study
Field Note: Microplastics Hit the List, EU Moves on PFAS, and North Carolina Fights Back April 3, 2026 Field Note
Hoosick Falls: How One Father's Fight Exposed a Town's Poisoned Water — and Changed National Policy April 1, 2026 Case Study
Private Wells: 43 Million Americans with No Water Quality Standards March 31, 2026 Protect People
Pease Tradeport: When a Daycare Discovers Its Water Is Poisoned March 31, 2026 Case Study
Smart Sensors Revolutionizing Landfill Methane Capture March 29, 2026 Solid Waste Innovation
How Post-Endangerment Finding Frees Up Clean Air Investments March 29, 2026 Government Transparency
EPA's 2026 Renewable Fuel Standards: A New Dawn for Biofuel Innovation March 29, 2026 Energy & Environment
Eyes in the Sky: Satellites Are Helping Landfills Fix Their Methane Problem March 28, 2026 Smart Infrastructure
Mining Unlined Landfills: The Right Thing for Groundwater — And It's Finally Happening March 28, 2026 Real Environmental Protection
Financial Assurance for Landfills: Getting the Framework Right Protects Everyone March 28, 2026 Government Transparency
Dollywood and the Landfill Next Door: How Sevier County Got Odor Control Right March 28, 2026 Community Education
The True Cost of Clean Water: Infrastructure America Forgot to Maintain March 27, 2026 Water Quality
Microplastics in Drinking Water: What We Know and What We Don't March 27, 2026 Water Quality
Coal Ash Recycling: The 100-Million-Ton Problem We Keep Burying March 27, 2026 Smart Infrastructure
Why America's Smallest Water Systems Are the Most Dangerous March 27, 2026 Water Quality
Source Water Protection: The Invisible Shield Around Your Drinking Water March 26, 2026 Water Quality
Emerging Contaminants Your Water Utility Isn't Testing For March 26, 2026 Water Quality
Combined Sewer Overflows: When It Rains, It Pours Sewage March 26, 2026 Water Quality
What "Consent Order" Means and Why You Should Care March 25, 2026 Community Education
How to Testify at a Public Hearing (And Actually Be Heard) March 25, 2026 Community Education
What Your Water Utility's Consumer Confidence Report Actually Says March 24, 2026 Community Education
Superfund Sites Near You: The Map Nobody Wants You to See March 24, 2026 Community Education
How to Read a Landfill Permit (And What They're Hiding in Plain Sight) March 24, 2026 Community Education
The Quiet Return of the Bald Eagle to Georgia’s Industrial Corridors March 23, 2026 Wildlife & Land Use
Pollinator Highways: What Roadside Vegetation Management Gets Wrong March 23, 2026 Wildlife & Land Use
Deer Management and Landfill Buffer Zones: An Unexpected Partnership March 23, 2026 Wildlife & Land Use
Wetland Mitigation Banking: The Business of Building Nature March 22, 2026 Wildlife & Land Use
Warner and Anastas: The Two Men Who Changed Chemistry March 22, 2026 Green Chemistry in Practice
How Stormwater Ponds Became Urban Wildlife Corridors March 22, 2026 Wildlife & Land Use
Forever Chemicals in Your Tap: PFAS Crisis Hits 165 Million Americans March 22, 2026 PFAS & Forever Chemicals
The Green Chemistry Challenge Awards: Innovations That Actually Shipped March 21, 2026 Green Chemistry in Practice
Catalysis vs. Brute Force: Why Smarter Chemistry Is Cheaper Chemistry March 21, 2026 Green Chemistry in Practice
Bioplastics: Promise, Reality, and the Composting Lie March 21, 2026 Green Chemistry in Practice
Why Landfill Gas-to-Energy Projects Keep Failing (And How to Fix Them) March 20, 2026 Smart Infrastructure
Safer Solvents in Industrial Cleaning: Real Alternatives That Actually Work March 20, 2026 Green Chemistry in Practice
Design for Degradation: What Would a Post-PFAS World Look Like? March 20, 2026 Green Chemistry in Practice
The Rural Broadband–Data Center Connection: How Digital Infrastructure Can Save Small Towns March 19, 2026 Smart Infrastructure
Microgrids and Landfill Gas: Turning Waste into Watts March 19, 2026 Smart Infrastructure
The Revolving Door: When Regulators Become the Regulated March 18, 2026 Government Transparency
Siting Data Centers: What "Right Place, Right Way" Actually Looks Like March 18, 2026 Smart Infrastructure
American Manufacturing Independence and the Chemical Supply Chain March 18, 2026 Smart Infrastructure
How to Read a Public Notice (And Why They're Designed to Be Ignored) March 17, 2026 Government Transparency
County Commission Meetings: The Decisions Made When Nobody Shows Up March 17, 2026 Government Transparency
The $51 Billion Cleanup Bill: Who Pays for Forever Chemicals? March 16, 2026 PFAS & Forever Chemicals
PFAS in Food Packaging: The Chemicals in Your Takeout Container March 16, 2026 PFAS & Forever Chemicals
PFAS Blood Testing: What the Numbers Mean and Who Should Get Tested March 16, 2026 PFAS & Forever Chemicals
Permit Variances: The Backdoor Nobody Watches March 16, 2026 Government Transparency
How to FOIA Your Local Landfill's Compliance Records March 16, 2026 Government Transparency
The Enforcement Actions That Never Happen: America's Environmental Accountability Crisis March 16, 2026 Government Transparency
A New Line in the Sand: What EPA's Proposed PFAS Hazardous Constituent Designation Means March 15, 2026 PFAS & Forever Chemicals
The Fertile Lie: How We're Poisoning Farmland with Sewage Sludge March 15, 2026 PFAS & Forever Chemicals