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For-Profit US Health Care System Still Ranks Last Among Peers on Key Metrics
People in the US “live the shortest lives and have the most avoidable deaths,” a new analysis concludes.
Company Operating Exploded Pipeline in Texas Has Faced Major Climate Protests
Energy Transfer sued Greenpeace and Water Protectors over anti-pipeline protests at Standing Rock in 2016.
Flooding Displaces Many in Europe as Death Toll Grows and Others Remain Missing
Meanwhile, calls mount for Big Oil to pay for climate destruction as the region reels from flood damage.
Apalachee High School Shooting Exposes Mental Health Crisis
Local health providers scramble to address rising mental health needs amid a shortage of resources in Barrow County.
EPA Claims No Obligation to Regulate PFAS in Farmland Sewage Sludge
The EPA seeks to dismiss a lawsuit over toxic PFAS contamination in sewage sludge used as fertilizer.
Work Requirements and Red Tape Complicate Georgia’s Medicaid Expansion Program
Georgia is the only state that requires certain Medicaid beneficiaries to work to get coverage.
Fracking Company Is Selected to Receive Federal Environmental Justice Funding
CNX Resources has committed over 2,000 environmental violations since 2004.
Leak at CO2 Injection Facility Raises Alarm Over Dangers of Carbon Capture Tech
Environmental advocates say the technology offers a false climate solution while also endangering frontline communities.
This Company Said It Was Going Green. It Sells as Much Fossil Fuel as Before.
Oregon’s NW Natural has more retail gas customers than ever. It supplies them little, if any, renewable natural gas.
Global North Countries Are Repressing Climate Protesters as Crisis Worsens
A new report sounds the alarm on state repression against demonstrators who draw attention to the climate crisis.