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Environment & Health
Climate Change Denial Is Raking the Ashes of Paradise
There will be more and larger fires to come, and the price to be paid will continue to rise.
Living Through California’s Wildfire Nightmare
The contrast between the Camp Fire and the Woolsey Fire shows how inequality plays out in not-so-natural disasters.
Scientists Warned This Weed Killer Would Destroy Crops. EPA Approved It Anyway.
Monsanto orchestrated the massive deployment of dicamba on tens of millions of acres of crops.
Fracking Is Expanding Drastically in the Southwest
Advocates say the fastest way to slow global warming is to stop all fracking now.
HUD Inspections Pass Apartments Filled With Rats, Roaches and Toxic Mold
The system for inspecting federally subsidized properties is failing low-income communities.
How to Help California Wildfire Survivors
Whether you’re a local or live across the country, there are a number of ways to help.
Climate Change Is the Product of How Capitalism “Values” Nature
To overcome climate change, we require system change.
Industry Studies Show Bias and Misleading Conclusions on Widely Used Insecticide
The controversial insecticide chlorpyrifos is linked to brain impacts on children.
California Wildfires: Where Is the Climate Change Outrage?
The recent and ongoing catastrophic wildfires in California indicate we have crossed a dangerous threshold of warming.
Parents Deliver Ashes of Diabetic Children to Price-Gouging Insulin Manufacturer
When people die from lack of access to medicine, health care profiteers should expect resistance.