Tag: Pennsylvania
‘The polluter should pay:’ Pennsylvania bill aims to ease PFAS-related drinking...
Proposed legislation would use funds from development on contaminated sites to help offset costs of cleaning tainted drinking water.
EPA decides not to regulate fracking wastewater as Pennsylvania study reveals...
“Failure to update rules for the disposal and handling of dangerous oil and gas wastes is an egregious dereliction of duty and an intolerable threat to the health and safety of American citizens.”
Video shows officer shooting unarmed man in jail cell
Although the officer violated policy by wearing his Taser on the same side as his firearm, Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub determined that the error did not constitute a violation of law.
Why plans to turn America’s Rust Belt into a new plastics...
Climate implications make a petrochemical build-out risky, not only from an environmental perspective, but also from a fiscal perspective.
Fracking chemicals dumped in the Allegheny River a decade ago are...
"We don't know how much of an impact this has on human health, or if it has any impact at all, but this means it's entering the food chain."
Pipeline that exploded in Pennsylvania part of push to build fracking-reliant...
The 24” diameter pipeline responsible for the blast had gone into service just seven days earlier.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 31
Corporate profits reach new heights, Trump cancels pay raise for federal workers, Canada rescinds Trans Mountain pipeline approval, and more.
Former Pennsylvania Treasurer sentenced to prison for attempted extortion
“When an individual’s ambition trumps his or her good judgment and their otherwise good character, that’s when crimes happen… "
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Monsanto found guilty, widespread sexual abuse by priests in Pennsylvania, who Democrats are listening to, and more.
Could a risky pipeline bring together a politically divided state?
"This project threatens some of our most basic American values; I think you'll find the people in Pennsylvania care a lot about public safety especially of their most vulnerable residents – children and seniors."
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‘The first live-streamed genocide’: Al Jazeera exposes war crimes filmed by Israeli troops themselves
We play excerpts from the film Investigating War Crimes in Gaza, now available online, and speak to two of the journalists involved in its production, director Richard Sanders and Gaza-based correspondent Youmna ElSayed.
Earth on the brink: 25 of 35 vital signs reach record extremes, scientists warn...
These findings emphasize the severity of the climate crisis and outline a global emergency that requires immediate action to avert catastrophic consequences.
Whitehouse report reveals Trump White House manipulated FBI Kavanaugh investigation, ignored 4,500 tips
According to the report, the FBI was directed by the White House to conduct only a small number of interviews, focusing on a limited group of witnesses.
10 worst things about the Trump presidency
We cannot afford to forget just how terrible Trump’s time in the White House was for this nation.
Texas zoo makes history with repeated breeding success of critically endangered gharial crocodile
The Forth Worth Zoo is the only institution in North America to have breeding success of this critically endangered species.