Friday, September 4, 2026

Tag: U.S. Navy fuel site

“Shut down those tanks”: anger grows in Hawaii after U.S. Navy...

“The Navy assured us and promised our state Water Resource Management Commission that this would never happen, and yet here we are.”

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Chinook salmon, one of the species the lawsuit says the herbicide would harm. Photo: Dan Cook (USFWS), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

EPA approves forever chemical herbicide its own review calls a likely carcinogen

Three advocacy groups are suing to block the pesticide, arguing it also threatens four endangered fish species.
A Midwest meatpacking plant. Photo: Ammodramus, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Illinois presses Tyson for a buyer after 2,500 workers lost their jobs overnight

The plant's chief executive was paid 781 times the median worker's wage the same quarter its beef unit posted a loss.
The Strait of Hormuz, off Iran's Hormozgan province. Photo: Hadi Karimi / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

US strike on Iranian wedding kills at least four, drawing war crime accusation

Iran's Red Crescent has asked the International Criminal Court to investigate, as both sides accuse each other of violating a June ceasefire.
An ice sculpture reading "Prosecute ICE" outside the Minnesota State Capitol. Photo: Chad Davis / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Minnesota Truth Council opens hearings into federal immigration raids

A 15-member panel created by executive order is gathering testimony on two ICE operations that ran through the state over the winter.
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. Photo: Jarek Tuszyński / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to freeze block on USPS mail ballot rule

North Carolina and Alabama are due to start mailing ballots this week, and the justices have set a deadline of their own.