Environment
Attorney General Jeff Sessions bans funding for environmental cleanups
June 8, 2017Sessions has banned all future settlements of pollution violation cases that include money for cleanup efforts managed by third-party organizations.
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Judge DAPL, aka Judge Boasberg, sits on pipeline case as oil begins to flow
June 7, 2017In the past few weeks there have been three separate leaks in the tentative pipeline occurring before it was fully operational.
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Capitalism is destructive and unsustainable – It needs to be replaced
June 6, 2017Capitalism's many crises are reaching dangerous tipping points. They are rooted in a path of destructive and unsustainable development.
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Paris discord
June 2, 2017There was clearly a shaming pressure to not seem like the international laggards on climate, which Trump has now enthusiastically embraced.
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Long after the flames, firefighters at risk from cancer chemicals
May 25, 2017During the “overhaul” phase of fighting a fire, they are still being exposed to a potpourri of carcinogenic chemicals and gases.
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