In the wake of an extreme heat event in the Pacific Northwest that killed at least 200 people, a scientist testified before Congress that the deaths could have been prevented. “Those who died lacked access to financial capital, social networks,… Read More ›
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Indigenous Water Protectors Face Off With an Oil Company and Police Over a Minnesota Pipeline
The early morning sun was still low on a dirt road in northern Minnesota this March as a small crowd faced Aitkin County sheriff’s deputies. The crowd drummed and chanted messages of support for the seven people on the other… Read More ›
Biden Subsidies for Liquid Natural Gas Could Doom International Climate Goals
The liquid natural gas industry is angling for cash from the Biden administration to help green its image abroad. The grants and subsidies are aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from industry infrastructure by helping LNG firms build out and… Read More ›
Expanding Biolab Complex in Berkeley Has Residents Worried
The Bayer Corporation has made it clear that the creation of a biological research facility on its waterfront property in Berkeley, California, will not have any significant impact on birds, air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, traffic, or noise levels. But while the… Read More ›
Low-Flying DHS Helicopter Showers Anti-Pipeline Protests With Debris
The largest civil disobedience yet against new pipeline construction in Minnesota was met by a furious response — and a cloud of debris. A Department of Homeland Security Border Patrol helicopter descended on the protest against the Enbridge Line 3… Read More ›
A Climate Dystopia in Northern California
It’s a ritual that has been repeated many times over the coldest months of Northern California’s winter. The Chico police arrive between 9 a.m. and noon on a Thursday, perhaps in the hopes of catching people when they are home…. Read More ›
Inspector General Rebukes EPA for Failing to Protect Communities From Carcinogenic Air Pollution
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector General issued a report today taking the agency to task for its failure to protect communities from chloroprene and ethylene oxide. Both chemicals are carcinogenic air pollutants and pose particular risks to people living near… Read More ›
The Paraquat Poisoning Problem
Jon Heylings was 34 when he found the notebook that would upend his life. A junior scientist at Imperial Chemical Industries, Heylings happened upon it in 1990 as he was trying to solve a mystery. Trained in toxicology, he had… Read More ›
Minnesota Police Ready for Pipeline Resistance as Enbridge Seeks to Drill Under Rivers
As you drive toward the Mississippi River’s headwaters from the east, the lakes that open up on either side of the highway are still white-blue with ice. The Mississippi River, however, is flowing. The open water — a trickle compared… Read More ›
Trump EPA Invited Companies to Revise Pollution Records of a Potent Carcinogen
Millie Corder didn’t know why there was so much cancer in her family. Her daughter, Cheryl, was only 27 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer and 34 when the disease killed her in 2002. By that time, Millie’s husband,… Read More ›