Environment
Kilauea volcano claims more than two dozen homes in Hawaii
May 7, 2018On Friday, a magnitude-6.9 earthquake hit the area. It was Hawaii’s largest earthquake in more than 40 years.
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Trump agenda ignores economic value of national parks
April 27, 2018The Trump administration has proposed massive budget cuts to the National Park Service, including the firing 1,835 employees at a time when park visits are at record highs.
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Earth Week 2018: Environmental losses and solutions
April 26, 2018“We must focus more on making the environment a political issue so that people will vote for candidates who will protect it and fight climate change."
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EPA staffers, supportive lawmakers demand Pruitt ouster
April 26, 2018Speakers at the rally in front of agency headquarters in downtown D.C. alternated between slamming Pruitt’s ethics and President Donald Trump’s policies, which they said would befoul the nation’s air and water all to enhance polluters’...
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Charges dropped against railroad for Lac-Mégantic catastrophe
April 16, 2018This was the story not of careless, lazy workers but of a railroad carrying hazardous cargo that cut corners on safety and maintenance wherever it could.
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