Environment
New farm bill contains sneak attack on environment with toxic pesticides
May 15, 2018If fish could wail, they would scream over the lethal powers granted to the U.S. EPA, in part of the draft farm bill recently rolled out.
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Kinder Morgan pipeline: Who will fight Big Oil in Canada’s tarsands?
May 11, 2018The unholy alliance of Liberal, NDP, and Conservative parties striving to meet the demands of the oil companies over wide public opposition says a lot about Canadian politics right now.
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Kilauea volcano claims more than two dozen homes in Hawaii
May 7, 2018On Friday, a magnitude-6.9 earthquake hit the area. It was Hawaii’s largest earthquake in more than 40 years.
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Trump agenda ignores economic value of national parks
April 27, 2018The Trump administration has proposed massive budget cuts to the National Park Service, including the firing 1,835 employees at a time when park visits are at record highs.
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Earth Week 2018: Environmental losses and solutions
April 26, 2018“We must focus more on making the environment a political issue so that people will vote for candidates who will protect it and fight climate change."
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