Pipeline Company Issues Broad Subpoena to News Site That Covered Protests Against It
“This subpoena is outrageous and strikes at the heart of the First Amendment. It should be thrown out immediately.”
Environment
The Paraquat Poisoning Problem
A former Syngenta scientist calls the failures to heed his warnings about the deadly pesticide “a conspiracy within the company to keep this quiet.”
Policing the Pipeline
Minnesota Police Ready for Pipeline Resistance as Enbridge Seeks to Drill Under Rivers
Law enforcement agencies are preparing for protests against planned drilling under the Mississippi River, internal documents reveal.
Video: Tracking an Invisible Killer
Trump EPA Invited Companies to Revise Pollution Records of a Potent Carcinogen
After ethylene oxide was shown to be 30 times more carcinogenic than previously thought, polluters began rewriting their toxic history — with the EPA’s help.
Inside the Oil Industry's Fight to Roll Back Tribal Sovereignty After Supreme Court Decision
Gov. Kevin Stitt’s commission to sort out Oklahoma’s future is stacked with oil and gas insiders — and has no Indigenous voices.
After Texas, Green New Deal Advocates Push Rooftop Solar. But Will Biden Fund It?
Federal funding could jumpstart rooftop solar, providing jobs, lower bills, and a boost to electric systems’ disaster resilience.
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.