Tag: coal industry
Trump’s EPA deepens environmental rollback with delays, deregulation, and industry favoritism
From coal ash delays to dicamba reapproval, Trump’s EPA faces backlash for gutting public health safeguards and empowering polluters.
Senate Republicans propose new ‘relief’ bill that ignores struggling Americans and...
“The pandemic is already widening social and economic divisions. Shielding corporations from accountability will endanger workers, consumers, and patients, and make the pandemic even worse.”
Coal industry group asks federal lawmakers to cut funding for Black...
I find it appalling that coal companies are attempting to kneecap critical programs that help former coal regions and sick miners during this #COVID19 crisis.
Trump administration downplays danger of air pollution in new regulatory rollbacks
"Now, to benefit coal interests, the U.S. EPA wants to simply ignore the health impacts that occur below their self-imposed limit."
Who else might like Medicare for All? Retired coal miners who...
"Because of the inherent health risks for mine workers, we can easily see the need for a health system that guarantees they get the care they need. Only Medicare for All solves these problems, and provides the security workers need."
Citizens begin reclaiming coal country after decades of corporate land grabs
But figuring out who owns abandoned mines in Appalachia is harder than you’d think.
‘Carbon Copy:’ How Big Oil and King Coal Ghost Write Letters...
A coal mining company has been writing protest letters for allied policymakers and business groups. These letters are almost identical to one another requesting time extensions to begin implementing new rules in dictating the coal industry. Sketchy, right?
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Nearly all plant-based meat alternatives Contain mycotoxins
The researchers found that 100 percent of the plant-based meat substitutes contained at least one of 19 different types of mycotoxins, often showing high "co-occurrence" (multiple toxins in a single product).
Supreme Court rulings and new Southern maps intensify battle over Black voting power before...
A series of redistricting fights in Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia is reshaping the struggle over voting rights and congressional control as critics warn that recent Supreme Court decisions are accelerating the erosion of protections for Black voters.
The electric car is the only winner in the latest Iran war
The Hormuz Choke Point and the Twilight of Petroleum.
The US-China tech race, resource wars, and the cost of militarization
Over the past decade, a steady and well-funded campaign has convinced the general public that China is the greatest threat to the safety and security of the American people.
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?