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Research casts doubt on EPA drinking water standard
New research is documenting health risks posed by nitrate levels in drinking water deemed safe to drink by the EPA.
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The ‘Erin Brockovich’ town is still toxic (and nearly abandoned)
Nearly a quarter-century after winning millions from PG&E, the 'Erin Brockovich' town continues its fight for clean water.
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Trump’s border wall would trample on indigenous land and culture
Its construction could bring harm to sacred sites, archaeological resources, and sensitive ecosystems that the Tohono O'odham Nation relies on.
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The White House calls food stamp funds for Puerto Rico ‘excessive and unnecessary’
The news comes after reports that Trump didn’t want a single dollar going to the disaster-stricken island.
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U.S. smog can come from China? And other facts about pollution’s toxic travels
Former EPA chief Gina McCarthy: “There is so much we can learn if we don’t think in isolation.”
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The green movement has a diversity problem. And it is getting worse
Environmental NGOs and foundations still have a long way to go to diversify their ranks.
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Historically black community could face a toxic facility for Atlantic Coast Pipeline
The Virginia Air Pollution Control Board voted 4-0 in favor of a permit for a natural gas compressor station in Union Hill, Virginia.
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Trump’s EPA is rolling back another anti-coal regulation
I’m starting to sound like a broken record, but the EPA is undoing another Obama regulation.
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Fish bones could help us trace the toxic path of coal ash
Scientists have found a new, unlikely tool to track coal ash contamination.
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![Puerto Ricans who were displaced by Hurricane Maria, arrive in buses from western Massachusetts on First St., NE, on June 6, 2018.]()
![Puerto Ricans who were displaced by Hurricane Maria, arrive in buses from western Massachusetts on First St., NE, on June 6, 2018.]()
130,000: The number of Puerto Ricans who never returned after Maria
That's almost 4 percent of the island's population.
