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Environment & Health
Fracking Wastewater Spikes 1,440 Percent in Half Decade
Fracking is using more water and generating more toxic wastewater than it is producing oil or gas.
Activists With Diabetes Take on the Global Insulin Crisis
T1 International has flipped the script on health care advocacy with patients leading the fight for accessible insulin.
Trusted Health Sites Spread Myths About a Deadly Pregnancy Complication
From the Mayo Clinic to Harvard, sources don't always get the facts right about preeclampsia.
Trump Keeps Trying to Kill Agency That Investigates Chemical Plant Disasters
The Trump administration has twice in its budgets attempted to shut down the Chemical Safety Board.
Water Protectors Charged With Felonies Under Louisiana’s Anti-Protest Law
Big Oil is working directly with the police state to intimidate protesters and quash dissent.
Legal Advocates Widen Efforts to Stop Trump’s War on Medicaid
Trump is trying to unilaterally change Medicaid using executive power he does not have, say advocates.
“Aerial Art Action” Demands End to Planned Oil Drilling in Portugal
Hundreds participated in a work of live art to protest the Portuguese government's recent pro-fossil-fuel actions.
Hidden Studies From Decades Ago Could Have Curbed PFAS Chemical Problem
Studies conducted in the late 1970s and early 1980s were kept under wraps by chemical companies as pollution spread.
Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Wants to End EPA’s Cruel Animal Testing
Ending archaic, inhumane animal testing is something on which both parties—and most Americans—can agree.
How Monsanto Plants Stories, Suppresses Science and Silences Dissent
Investigative journalist Carey Gillam discusses the case.