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Environment & Health
Eliminating Air Pollution Could Save More Than 53,000 Lives Per Year, Study Says
States could see benefits by acting alone, but federal measures to eliminate pollution would have a greater impact.
As COVID Outbreaks Hit California Schools, Most Aren’t Reinstating Mask Mandates
Summer vacation is near, and most schools appear to be hoping to simply run out the clock.
Biden Is Breaking His Climate Promises. What Are the Consequences?
Biden is lifting the ban on using federal lands for oil and gas leasing, even as greenhouse gases hit record levels.
Greenhouse Gases Trapped Almost 50 Percent More Heat Last Year Than in 1990
NOAA announced that “the primary gases responsible for climate change continue rising rapidly.”
Electric Cars and Lithium Extraction Threaten to Drive Even More Climate Harm
Colonial policies of resource extraction are wreaking environmental havoc in poor countries that pollute the least.
The Greatest Trick COVID Ever Pulled Was Convincing the World It Didn’t Exist
The push to rose-color even the grimmest data stumbles over immunocompromised people like me.
Baby Formula Maker Chose Shareholders Over Safety Amid Deadly Bacterial Outbreak
New documents show Abbott issued stock buybacks instead of investing in equipment that could have saved babies' lives.
Progressives Say Abbott’s “Near Monopoly” Laid Groundwork for Baby Food Shortage
In a letter, the lawmakers asked Biden to take every action available to him to ease the shortage.
Environmental Advocates Decry Plan to Dump Water From Fukushima Into the Pacific
Critics say the plan to discharge contaminated waste water from the nuclear power plant will endanger marine life.
Baby Formula Shortage Reveals Corporate Monopolies’ Grip on Market
Currently the U.S. government subsidizes only a few formula brands. Overhauling this system would combat monopolization.