Emails reveal that the coal industry is working on a novel legal strategy to stop the federal regulation of toxic coal ash under the Clean Water Act.
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Honoring the victims of Hurricane Maria begins with telling the truth. Long before that storm, Puerto Rico was a textbook example of disaster capitalism.
Across the political spectrum, focusing government energy on environmental protection turns out to be rather popular.
Internal documents from a chemical industry trade group detail an elaborate plan to defeat a local ordinance banning aerial spraying of pesticides.
Market solutions have been tried. There's now a new push to simply take over extractive industries and clean them up.
An FBI agent claimed she was moved by #MeToo to ask an activist about an alleged sexual assault. An audio recording shows she was interested in much more.
Chemours asks in letter to the EPA for help promoting its HFO refrigerants, to stave off natural coolants that cause far less global warming.
Carper, running for re-election against Kerri Harris, is using his environmental record to prove his progressive bona fides. But it makes the opposite case.
Law enforcement officers hired by a private security company are enforcing a new Louisiana law which makes trespassing near oil pipelines a felony.
Ryan Zinke worked to gut forest protections as Montana’s U.S. representative. Now, as interior secretary, he’s pushing the same timber-friendly policies.
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