Environment
Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions
June 20, 2025Hazardous chemical accidents happen in the U.S. about every other day. Who will investigate them now?
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Climate denial may help a livestock-killing pest make a comeback
June 13, 2025The latest from award-winning People's World cartoonist Greg Kearney.
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Trump’s climate denial may help a livestock-killing pest make a comeback
June 5, 2025Climate change could be helping the flesh-eating screwworm fly spread, undoing decades of progress—and the USDA isn’t doing anything about it.
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Supreme Court curbs ability to clean up environmental disasters
June 3, 2025Court limits reach of environmental impact statements, delivering a blow to workers and their communities.
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Kentucky tornadoes spur mounting anxiety over weather service warning systems
May 30, 2025Trump weakened understaffed National Weather Service offices. Some people in the storms' path wonder if budget cuts contributed to the death and destruction.
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