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Donald Trump vs. The Rule of Law
Trump is a serial lawbreaker who has also counseled others to violate the law.
Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Residents Sue Chemical Plant for Nearly 50 Years of Air Pollution
Thirteen plaintiffs are suing the companies responsible for the chloroprene emissions fouling the air in “Cancer Alley.”
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Dahr Jamail | Scientists Warn of “Biological Annihilation” as Warming Reaches Levels Unseen for 115,000 Years
“We're like social primates grooming each other as the environmental lion sneaks up,” says Dr. Thomas Lovejoy.
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Trump Threatens to Attack Health Coverage of Congress Members and Low-Income People
In a new tweet-burst, Trump threatens to cut off health care for Congress and staffers.
Climate Refugees in Toxic Immigrant Jails Are Victims of Environmental Racism
An immigrant jail in Tacoma, Washington, is in an area so polluted it was designated unfit for residences.
Florida, Iowa and Texas Go to Court Over State Abortion Restrictions
Despite a successful Supreme Court ruling in favor of abortion rights in June of 2016, abortion remains far from a settled legal issue.
Follow the Money: Drugmakers Deploy Political Cash as Prices and Anger Mount
Despite running into trouble this year, drugmaker, Mallinckrodtt, has been increasing its lobbying efforts in Congress.
Transcript From Secret Meeting Illustrates EPA Collusion With the Chemical Industry
The Poison Papers represent a vast trove of rediscovered chemical industry and regulatory agency documents and correspondence stretching back to the 1920s.
Ratepayers Foot the Bill for Utilities’ Push Against Rooftop Solar
Edison Electric Institute pushes for policies that curb the growth of distributed solar energy.
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Donald Trump Threatens to Punish Alaska to Get Back at Lisa Murkowski Because of Health Care
Donald Trump sent his interior secretary to make a pointed threat against Lisa Murkowski over her health care vote.