Environment
Love Canal mom says EPA just gave polluters a license to kill
April 7, 2020Using the pandemic as cover, the agency is suspending environmental regulations. I’ve seen firsthand what happens next—people die.
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Antarctica Was a Rainforest During the Times of Dinosaurs, New Study
April 3, 2020The frozen continent was once home to a swampy rainforest and had average temperatures around 53 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the new study published in the journal Nature. The world than was much warmer and sea...
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Can an economy destroy the environment and still be considered ‘strong’?
March 26, 2020Ronald Reagan notoriously once asked, “Where would this country be without this great land of ours?”
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‘Imperative to take proactive steps’ to ensure farm worker safety
March 25, 2020A just completed UFW poll of farm workers on its popular Spanish-language social media platforms showed more than 90 percent had not been advised by their employers on best practices to resist the virus or been...
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Coronavirus clean-up: Sanitation workers face increased risk, job loss
March 20, 2020Dealing with all the trash society produces is a dirty and dangerous job even in normal times; during a global health pandemic, it gets even riskier.
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