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Environment & Health
US Military Base Threatens Biodiversity in Okinawa
Construction of the airbase is moving ahead despite decades of protest and certain environmental devastation.
In New Book, Bill McKibben Asks If the Human Game Has Begun to Play Itself Out
Bill McKibben discusses his new book, “Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?”
Green New Deal Could “Remake Not Just a Broken Planet, But a Broken Society”
Could a Green New Deal counter the pro-fossil fuel gains made by Trump?
The Trump Administration Has Thrown Out Protections for Migratory Birds
The reinterpretation of the bird law by the administration may run afoul of long-standing treaties.
To Survive in Texas, Black Bears Need an Open Border
Experts fear that a border wall between the United States and Mexico would end the recovery of black bears in Texas.
World Bank, Now Led by Trump Pick, Ramps Up Fossil Fuel Development
While the influential development bank has scaled up clean energy finance, fossil fuels still got a larger backing.
Health Care Corporations Flooded Political Campaigns With Cash in 2017
The nation’s largest health care corporations spent at least $61 million in 2017 to influence politics.
Insurance Industry Whistleblower Exposes Effort to Crush Medicare for All
UnitedHealthcare CEO Steve Nelson has boasted about how much his company is doing to undermine Medicare for All.
Trump Is Rewriting the Rules to Favor the Pipeline Industry
Fossil fuel pipelines are the real-life point of conflict in the debate over our climate and our energy future.
What Would a Post-ACA America Look Like?
Life expectancy, which has been declining in the U.S., may fall even further as Republicans move to gut health care.