Tag: environment
Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground....
Wastewater injection had been happening in Oklahoma for 80 years, but something was driving the growing number of purges. But what is the cause?
Brazilian government grants license for exploratory oil drilling in Amazon basin
Despite environmental and Indigenous concerns, the Brazilian government cited that the potential for energy sovereignty.
How to protect all workers from extreme heat on the job
It served as another reminder that the threat of heat stress grows each year and of the pressing need to deliver commonsense protections for all workers.
Scientists completed a toxicity report on this forever chemical. The EPA...
Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the Trump administration has yet to release it.
Agriculture’s emissions from fertilizing ‘continuous corn’ crops fueling climate crisis
The new report, which focused on four Corn Belt states, found corn to be "the most nitrogen-fertilizer-intensive crop in the U.S. and accounts for more than two-thirds of all nitrogen fertilizer use nationwide."
Asia warms faster than rest of world, impacts continent
The report said that the warming trend between 1991–2024 was almost double that during the 1961–1990 period.
Nanonplstics not just in seafood, new study finds small plastic particles...
The study confirmed that humans and animals are consuming nanoplastics not just through seafood and water sources, but now through agriculture.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality approves water permit for T15...
The project is a proposed 45-mile long natural gas transmission pipeline that would run from Eden, North Carolina to Roxboro, North Carolina, crossing through Person, Caswell, and Rockingham counties.
US bans import of seafood from countries in violation of marine...
Countries facing the embargo include Mexico, China, Ecuador, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey.
US sees net tree cover gains throughout many counties, new analysis
Of the 3,119 U.S. counties, 1,836 counties experienced growth in tree cover between the years 2000 and 2020.
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Is the DNC giving Kamala Harris a Boost for 2028?
Scant attention has focused on how hiding the autopsy provides an assist to Kamala Harris, who currently leads in polling of Democrats for the party’s 2028 nomination.
Trump’s quiet election push sparks alarms over federal power and the machinery of voting
A Reuters investigation has revealed a widening federal push into state election systems, with demands for voter records, scrutiny of voting equipment, and revived fraud probes fueling warnings about intimidation, disenfranchisement, and executive overreach.
Trump purge of National Science Board sparks warnings of political takeover of US science
The firing of every member of the National Science Board, alongside sweeping proposed cuts to federal research agencies, is raising alarms that the administration is dismantling independent scientific governance while jeopardizing America’s research leadership.
DHS warehouse jail plan signals historic expansion of immigration detention
Documents and reporting reveal a sweeping plan to convert warehouses and deploy military contracting to rapidly expand immigration jails across the United States.
No-bid contracts and taxpayer funds fuel scrutiny of Trump’s White House ballroom
A Republican push to spend $400 million in taxpayer funds on Trump’s White House ballroom is colliding with allegations of inflated no-bid contracts, donor conflicts, and questions over whether a recent security scare is being used to justify a project critics say reflects presidential self-interest over public need.