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Trump’s Plan to Crush the EPA Is a Symptom of a Bigger Problem
Regulations don't kill jobs, fossil fuel barons do — when mandatory pollution controls cut into their bottom lines.
A Billion People in India Aren’t Being Warned About Toxic Air Pollution
India's air is now more deadly than China's.
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Cuninico: The Fight for Clean Water Continues
More than two years have passed since more than 2,300 barrels of oil fouled the main water source for an Indigenous community in Peru.
Thousands of Snow Geese Perish After Landing in Acidic Superfund Lake
Wildlife officials en route have no way to identify live birds exposed to toxic Berkeley Pit water in Montana.
Leaked Report Reveals BP Safety Failures as It Heads Back to Gulf of Mexico
The list of failures stretches from missing blueprints to crucial anti-blowout devices being wrongly installed.
Obama’s Grand Finale on Fracking Is Too Little, Too Late
The EPA's report linking fracking to water contamination reminds us that we can't rely on the government to protect us.
Fiery Accidents and Toxic Pollution: Louisiana’s Environmental Woes Offer a Warning to Trump
Louisiana's accident-prone, polluting oil industry threatens to get worse under a Trump presidency.
Critics Call $3 Billion Sabal Trail Pipeline Florida’s Dakota Access Pipeline
Another pipeline project at the other end of the US is quietly being installed as fast as possible.
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Did the EPA Prosecute and Jail a Mississippi Lab Owner Because of Her Activism?
The crime White had been convicted of didn't seem to have any environmental consequences at all.
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.