For decades, a graveyard of corroding barrels has littered the seafloor just off the coast of Los Angeles. It was out of sight, out of mind — a not-so-secret secret that haunted the marine environment ...

It is republished with permission. Sign up for their newsletter here. When the wind blows the wrong direction, Esther Calhoun can smell it. Calhoun’s home is often downwind from the Arrowhead Landfill ...

For decades, a graveyard of corroding barrels has littered the seafloor just off the coast of Los Angeles. It was out of sight, out of mind — a not-so-secret secret that haunted the marine environment ...

In Alabama, coal ash is often stored in unlined pits near coal-fired power plants—pits that often leave the toxic sludge in contact with groundwater. Alabama Power, which owns most of the coal ash ...

When the wind blows the wrong direction, Esther Calhoun can smell it. Calhoun’s home is often downwind from the Arrowhead Landfill in Uniontown, Alabama, a site that accepted toxic coal ash in the ...