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US military — polluting Hawaii’s water supply… and denying it
January 5, 2022

US military — polluting Hawaii’s water supply… and denying it

The Hawaiian governor issued an emergency order to de-fuel the Red Hill Facility. The US Navy has enlisted top lawyers...

E.P.A. Opts Against Limits on Water Contaminant Tied to Fetal Damage
May 16, 2020

E.P.A. Opts Against Limits on Water Contaminant Tied to Fetal Damage

Photo: Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, on Capitol Hill in March. Credit… Drew Angerer/Getty Images A new...

Iowa deserves to be more than just a feedlot between two rivers
January 17, 2020

Iowa deserves to be more than just a feedlot between two rivers

In December, U.S. Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey introduced a historic new vision for agriculture and food in the...

The women fighting a pipeline that could destroy precious wildlife
January 19, 2019

The women fighting a pipeline that could destroy precious wildlife

Activists travel past the site where the Bayou Bridge pipeline will cross underneath the Atchafalaya river. Photograph: Joe Whittle for...

Global coal industry using as much water as a billion people each year
December 5, 2018

Global coal industry using as much water as a billion people each year

We already know that coal-fired power plants are bad for the planet, but that’s usually because we are just thinking...

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