Environment
Environmental Group Charges EPA With Ignoring Evidence of Cancer
The EPA downplayed the risks of the pesticide Telone, according to a complaint filed with the agency’s inspector general.
Fossil Fuel Executives Gloat About Profits, PR From Texas Winter Storm Crisis
Comstock Resources, a shale drilling company, apologized for describing gas prices from the Texas storm as a “jackpot.”
Fossil Fuel Apologists Crafted Lies Now Heard on Fox, Blaming Wind Power for Texas Blackouts
Republicans failed to ensure that the Texas power grid could withstand a cold snap, so the party’s broadcast arm recycled lies about wind energy to deflect blame on to Democrats.
Minnesota Police Want a Pipeline Company to Pay for Weapons Claimed as PPE
Police monitoring Enbridge Line 3 pipeline opponents submitted invoices for tear gas, batons, flash-bang grenades, and other riot gear.
Money and Politics Could Doom the Florida Panther — and the Endangered Species Act
The law has powerful provisions to protect animals, but, amid cozy relationships with developers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rarely acts.