Environment
Kids and teens try again to force federal govt. to combat climate change
August 14, 2025Undaunted by defeats in the courts—including the U.S. Supreme Court—the kids and teens who launched a lawsuit a decade ago to force the federal government to combat climate change are trying again.
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Investigator: Pennsylvania coke plant blast that killed two ‘shouldn’t have happened’
August 14, 2025As part of Trump’s massive deregulation push, the EPA trashed rules that would be useful for preventing future incidents like this one.
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Energy projects across the country are in limbo after Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
August 8, 2025Community groups, businesses, and consumers say projects face an uncertain future after Republicans slashed renewable energy tax credits.
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Thousands celebrate dam removal in ‘Paddle to Elwha’
August 6, 2025The event celebrated the removal of two hydroelectric dams on the Elwha that blocked salmon and steelhead from swimming upstream.
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On 80th anniversary of Hiroshima, new questions arise about ‘the Bomb’
August 6, 2025Top official admitted that, with the Nazis practically defeated, the real reason for dropping the bomb was to emphasize U.S. hegemony in the post-war world—and to send that message to the USSR.
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