Truthout
Environment & Health
Ohio Residents Clash With State and County Government in Fight to Ban Fracking Via the Ballot
For years, local Ohioans have been told by courts and elected officials that they have no control over fracking.
India’s First Fully Organic State Faces Many Challenges to Maintaining Its Status
It's too early to hail Sikkim's transition to chemicals-free agriculture an outright success, say observers.
Exposure on Tap: Drinking Water as an Overlooked Source of Lead
Unlike most water contaminants, lead gets into water after it leaves a water treatment plant.
We Can Have a Healthy Climate With Zero Warming in Our Lifetimes
A healthy climate is achievable in our lifetimes with atmospheric carbon removal, and we have the technology to do it.
EPA’s Inaction Made Way for Lead Poisoning in Children, Lawsuit Claims
Seven years after promising new standards for assessing lead dust dangers, the federal government hasn't delivered.
NASA Study Confirms Methane Pollution From Oil and Gas
Last week, NASA released a follow-up study on its 2014 report that exposed a huge methane hotspot looming over the Four Corners.
Flood-Ravaged Gulf Coast Residents Ask President Obama to Cancel Federal Offshore Drilling Lease Auction
Activists delivered a petition protesting the leasing of more of the Gulf of Mexico for oll and gas drilling.
Day After Obama Tours Louisiana Flood Damage, Government Holds Massive Gulf Oil and Gas Lease Auction
Four environmental activists were arrested in New Orleans protesting a lease sale of up to 24 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas development.
As the UN Finally Admits Role in Haiti Cholera Outbreak, Here Is How Victims Must Be Compensated
The UN has finally accepted some responsibility that it played a part in a cholera epidemic that broke out in Haiti in 2010.
The TPP and the Dire Threat to Affordable Drug Prices
Drug prices in the US are already approaching a crisis point for many patients unable to afford their prices, often despite being insured.