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Environment & Health
What Fossil Fuels and Factory Farms Have in Common
Hint: They’re both issues of environmental injustice.
Rick Perry Resorts to Subsidizing Coal With Measures Used in Wartime and Natural Disasters
Energy Secretary Rick Perry is propping up dying coal and nuclear plants under the purported banner of national security.
Trump Peddles False Hope to the Terminally Ill With Right to Try Law
At worst, critics say Right to Try is a stealth attempt by libertarian ideologues to undermine patients' rights.
Trump’s Gag Rule Is an Effort to Undermine Access to Birth Control
The changes around federal family planning funding offer as good as chance as any to recenter the conversation around reproductive rights.
Origins of the Opioid Crisis: Purdue Pharma Knew of OxyContin Abuse in 1996 but Covered It Up
Barry Meier discusses more.
Cities and States Sue Big Pharma Firms That Profited From Peddling Addictive Opioids
Today, drug overdoses are the leading cause of death for Americans under age 50.
Radium Has Been Widely Spread on Roadways Without Regulation
Wastewater from the oil and gas industry is being spread on roadways to control dust and ice in at least 13 states.
Bred to Suffer: Glenn Greenwald on the “Morally Unconscionable” US Industry of Dog Experimentation
Nearly 61,000 dogs were used in the US for experimentation in 2016 alone.
Deadlier Than Katrina and 9/11: Hurricane Maria Killed 4,645 in Puerto Rico, 70 Times Official Toll
Trump has so far not responded to the new study.
A Disrupted Climate Means Deadlier Cyclones in the Middle East
Southern Oman got two years' worth of rainfall in a day.