Thirty years ago, a fight over old-growth forests and the spotted owl forever transformed the way we see – and fight over – the natural world.
Tag: environment
Posted inEnvironment, Voting
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The American divide
Reveal host Al Letson talks to a first-time voter, whose struggles reflect the divisions this country faces after a historic election.
Posted inSustainability, The (Un)Scientific Method
EPA science panel plows ahead with toxic chemical’s review, despite coronavirus crisis
Under White House pressure, the EPA ordered the panel to ignore the findings of its own scientists that the chemical TCE causes fetal heart defects.
Posted inSustainability
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The refuge revealed
Oil rigs may soon be coming to the nation’s largest wildlife refuge. We find out what that could mean to the people who live there.
Posted inSustainability
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The tell-tale hearts
Trump’s deregulatory fervor bolsters the chemical industry and Defense Department’s effort to debunk the science linking TCE to fetal heart defects.
Posted inSustainability
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Scuttling science
Advisory panels slashed, environmental regulations rolled back – how the Trump administration uses questionable science to justify its policies.
Posted inChasing Energy, Sustainability
Paramilitary security tracked and targeted #noDAPL activists, docs show
As people nationwide rallied last year to support the Standing Rock Sioux’s attempts to block the Dakota Access pipeline, a private security firm with experience fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan launched an intrusive military-style surveillance and counterintelligence campaign against the activists and their allies, according to internal company documents.
Methane emissions are on the rise. That’s a big problem
Methane levels are approaching a worst-case scenario. But there’s good news, too.
Posted inClimate Change, Environment, Money and Politics, Oil and Mining, Sustainability, The Trump Era
Rick Perry’s energy legacy is more complicated than you think
Rick Perry left a nuanced energy legacy – including overseeing booms in fossil fuels and renewables – during his time in Texas politics.
Posted inSustainability
The problem with America’s abandoned mines
A mine plans its death before its birth. The leftover waste from mines is so hazardous that mining companies must figure out what to do with it decades in advance, even before they start digging. That’s how it works today, at least. But in 1981, when the United States government began requiring mines to have […]