Environment
Bolsonaro: I’ll save Amazon rainforest by giving it to corporations
August 26, 2019Since taking office, Bolsonaro said from the outset he intends to open up areas reserved for Brazil’s 900,000 Amazonian indigenous communities to agricultural and mining interests.
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States sue Trump EPA to stop its OK of toxic pesticide
August 13, 2019The states say EPA’s own scientists found, both in 2015 and 2016, that no level of chlorpyrifos is harmless for children, especially infants.
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On anniversary of Hiroshima, demands for end to nuclear weapons
August 9, 2019Some 200 demonstrators gathered on Aug. 6 to rally against what they term “Designing Armageddon” at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
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Dreaming of the day bikes will outnumber the cars
August 8, 2019It's a beautiful sunny day. I strap on my helmet, and I'm set to go.
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Rivers of dust: Water shortages hitting the Middle East—and everywhere else
August 1, 2019There are solutions, but they don't include privatization.
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