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Environment & Health
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.
Nearly 200 Environmental Defenders Were Killed in 2023
These killings are often carried out alongside acts of intimidation, smear campaigns and criminalization by governments.
California Drinking Water Regulations Are Putting Cost Over People’s Safety
Polluters and utility groups have repeatedly stymied efforts to impose stricter limits on contaminants.
As COVID Emergency Funding Sunsets, Public Health Faces Budget Cuts and Layoffs
In some places, that pandemic cash did little more than keep small health departments afloat.
As Harris Rejects Fracking Ban, Will Anyone Listen to What Pennsylvanians Want?
Pundits and politicians act like boosting fracking is key to winning votes in Pennsylvania, but polls suggest otherwise.
Israel Is Hindering the Delivery of Polio Vaccines, Gaza’s Health Ministry Says
Meanwhile, much of Gaza hasn’t been able to access soap, which would reduce communicable diseases by about 40 percent.