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Hurricane Season Has Revealed the Right’s New Climate Denial Playbook
As extreme weather becomes more frequent, fascist hoaxes and conspiracies are increasingly emerging as explanations.
The EPA Is Mandating Removal of Lead Pipes. What Will Replace Them?
The new rule is a step in the right direction, but cost-cutting could lead to a different kind of toxicity.
Trump, GOP Push Misinformation on Hurricanes as Climate Crisis Intensifies
“We’re entering into a really dark new phase reckoning with the climate crisis,” says journalist David Wallace-Wells.
Climate Crisis Made Ocean Heat Driving Milton Up to 800 Times More Likely
Sea surface temperatures where Milton developed “are at or above record-breaking highs,” Climate Central observed.
Overdose Deaths May Be Decreasing Overall — But Not for Oppressed Communities
The US is still losing more than 100,000 people to drug overdoses every year, with stark racial disparities.
City in New York State Faces a Water Crisis That Rivals Flint’s
Years of inaction and poor policy have caused dangerous levels of lead in Troy, New York, drinking water.
Locals and Experts Fear Toxic Exposure From Contaminated Helene Floodwaters
“All of these rivers should be treated as hazmat sites,” a local official in western North Carolina said.
The Panama Canal Is Running Out of Water. Thousands May Be Displaced to Fix It.
A proposed dam and reservoir along the Rio Indio could replenish the canal, but at a steep cost to local communities.
Experts Sow Confusion About State of COVID Pandemic Amid Another Serious Wave
Bipartisan rounds of strategic obfuscation follow each new COVID wave.
California Governor Thwarts Lawmakers’ Effort to Regulate Big Pharma’s Middlemen
A bill aimed at reining in the outsize power of pharmacy benefit managers made it to the governor’s desk for naught.