Pollution
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A Reformed Fracker Exposes the Fossil Fuel Industry’s Toxic Lies
An excerpt from ‘Petroleum-238: Big Oil's Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It’ tells the story of a bank robber-turned-fracker who became a whistleblower
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A Fire in the River: Big Sugar and 'Black Snow' in the Everglades
For more than a century, the sugar harvest has shaped the lives of people in the Everglades and transformed the region — and put the most vulnerable at risk
- Florida's Sweet Tooth
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Portable Filters: The Best Personal Air Purifiers for Commuters
Wear 'em around your neck or keep them at your desk, these personal purifiers give you cleaner air on the go
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Because Fracking Wasn't Already Toxic Enough, the Oil and Gas Industry Decided to Add 'Forever Chemicals' to the Mix
The EPA allowed PFAS, a highly toxic class of compounds linked to cancer and birth defects, to be used in fracking wells since 2011, a new report reveals
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ExxonMobil Lobbyist on Playbook for Plastic: "It's Just Like on Climate Change"
In new secretly recorded conversations, a top ExxonMobil lobbyist explains the company's strategy to avoid accountability for plastic pollution and "forever chemicals" known as PFAS
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Trump's EPA Refuses to Set Higher Air Quality Standards That Could Save Lives
Scientific studies have linked higher levels of pollution to higher rates of death from Covid-19
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Planet Plastic
How Big Oil and Big Soda kept a global environmental calamity a secret for decades
- (Sub)Culture
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Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' Is Getting Even More Toxic — But Residents Are Fighting Back
One of the most polluted regions of the country is being overrun by a new glut of oil and gas facilities, including one that will emit as much carbon as three coal-fired power plants
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Air Quality in the U.S. Has Gotten Worse Under the Trump Administration, Which Couldn't Care Less
After years of steady decline, pollution is back on the rise. It's not a huge mystery as to why
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