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Massive Leaks Are an Everyday Occurrence in Gas Fields
California's Aliso Canyon is a reminder that methane emissions are widespread, poorly regulated - and ongoing.
Report Underlines Recent Worker Hazards at Old Weapons Plants
Federal health investigators found serious problems when they inspected a former uranium enrichment plant being dismantled in Ohio.
Afghanistan Waste Exhibit A: Kajaki Dam, More Than $300 Million Spent and Still Not Done
A Senate subcommittee is looking at waste by a Pentagon task force.
Activists Deliver Climate Plan for Just Transition to EPA Offices Nationwide
The Our Power Plan is intended as a blueprint to address the needs of frontline communities.
Fracking Industry-Linked Earthquakes in Oklahoma Crack Political Party Lines
A grassroots group has called on legislators to pass a temporary moratorium on injection wells.
Haiti’s Fraudulent Presidential Front-Runner Seizes Land for His Own Banana Republic
Moise alone will appear on the presidential ballot after the only other candidate who was imposed on the run-off slate said that he would not participate in “this farce.”
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Sultan Erdogan vs. Noam Chomsky as Turkey Tramples on Free Speech and Arrests Academics
Erdogan called Noam Chomsky a terrorist, but also extended him an invitation to visit Turkey.
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Why Is the US Military Still Burning Its Explosive Waste in the Open Air?
In Louisiana, activists have already stopped the military from proceeding with one open burn and are now rallying to halt another.
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With Sons in Solitary, Mothers Fight for Their Freedom – and Their Lives
New York's Special Housing Unit Exclusion Law is meant to protect prisoners with mental illness from solitary confinement, but it is not always enforced.
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Civil Rights Probe Examines Coal Ash Impact on Poor and Communities of Color
Federal civil rights probe seeks to understand why the poor bear so much of a burden for our coal-fired energy waste.