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Is Our Drinking Water Safe? The EPA’s Decision to Not Limit or Monitor Levels of Toxic Pesticide and Industrial Waste in Our Drinking Water
Every five years the EPA must make a determination whether or not to regulate at least five contaminants.
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Trump’s Climate Plan: Add Fuel to the Fire
A Trump administration is bad news for a planet that is already burning.
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The Cabinet From Hell: Trumpism Meets Neoliberalism
Trump's cabinet is brewing a dangerous new hybrid ideology at the center of power in Washington.
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Trump in the White House: An Interview With Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky argues November 8, 2016, was a historic day for more reasons than one might realize.
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Drinking Water on Indigenous Land: More Violations, Less EPA
Tribal drinking water utilities and wastewater treatment plants are far less likely to be federally inspected despite more violations.
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The Navy’s Use of Depleted Uranium in Our Coastal Waters Threatens Humans, Wildlife
The Navy told Truthout that the depleted uranium in its munitions was “extremely stable,” contrary to the science.
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Where Has the Waste Gone? Fracking Results in Illegal Dumping of Radioactive Toxins
Rampant illegal dumping of radioactive fracking waste has created a highly toxic legacy for North Dakotans.
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Things Fall Apart: An Insider’s Account of the EPA
Technically-sounding “pesticides” are destabilizing our natural world and our lives.
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Report Slams EPA Civil Rights Compliance
The nation's top environmental regulator, the EPA, has failed to meet its civil rights obligations.
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EPA Plans to Allow Unlimited Dumping of Fracking Wastewater in the Gulf of Mexico
Environmentalists say the EPA should prohibit, not permit, the dumping of fracking fluids into the ocean.