Ohio’s bill mirrors a model laid out by ALEC, while Iowa’s creates a new felony, “critical infrastructure sabotage,” punishable by up to 25 years in prison.
At a hearing of the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee on Tuesday, the EPA's Scott Pruitt repeatedly avoided answering simple yes-or-no questions.
Bad Chemistry
DuPont introduced GenX in 2009 to replace PFOA, also known as C8, a chemical it had used for decades to make Teflon and other products.
People from the Caribbean island of Barbuda have accused Robert De Niro of being part of a historic land grab in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.
Republicans on the House Science Committee are accusing Linda Birnbaum, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, of lobbying.
Rachel Rivera and her 11-year-old daughter, Marisol, screamed with joy when they heard that New York City would be divesting from fossil fuel companies.
Voices
New York City’s lawsuit for climate damages raises the prospect that oil companies may have to pay for rising sea levels and extreme weather.
The Bakken system pipelines racked up at least eight leaks in 2017. Mariner East 2 and Rover saw drilling fluid spills before fuel even entered the lines.
Voices
Science is a battle zone because it is revealing again and again that pro-corporate business as usual leads to a species-threatening catastrophe.
Policing the Pipeline
Danielle Oxendine Molliver, who the state brought on to consult with tribes about Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 pipeline, resigned citing lack of transparency.
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