J.D. Vance Fought Health Protections For Steelworkers And Their Communities
The Republican VP nominee pressured regulators to weaken limits on cancer-causing emissions from steel industry manufacturing.
Environment
Breaking news and critical investigations into the world’s mounting climate crisis, with a focus on those who are exacerbating and profiting from the disaster.
Taking The Climate Killers To Court
As deaths mount from extreme heat and other climate disasters, legal and scientific experts are joining forces on a bold new tactic: Charging polluters with homicide.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Good Things Are Yap-pening
Plus, it’s game over for noncompetes, farmers quit spraying around, people get a vote on progressive measures, and climate change measures score big bucks.
Toxic Harvest
New research finds pesticides may be as bad for you as smoking — so why is Congress poised to shield the industry from liability?
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Your Phone Could Power Your Car
Plus, landlords finally face consequences, a polluter takes a record-breaking hit, and rural Americans plug in.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Batteries Are So Back
Plus, meddling homeowner associations are put in their place, retirees put up a good fight, and the left wins big across the pond.
Wall Street Is Investing In Your Asbestos Poisoning
Private equity firms are buying up asbestos liability claims — and asbestos victims will pay the price.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: It’s Always Sunny For Clean Energy
Plus, a judge rejects a fossil-fueled lawsuit, the IRS keeps going after the rich, shots are fired against a deadly disease, and cannabis convictions vanish.
New Data: Longer Trains Raise Derailment Risk, But Regs Are Stalled
While funneling campaign cash to lawmakers, rail lobbyists convinced Biden officials to brush off workers’ demand for safety limits.
The Unknown Toll Of The AI Takeover
As artificial intelligence guzzles water supplies and jacks up consumers’ electricity rates, why isn’t anyone tracking the resources being consumed?