Environment
Lead in Flint water, mold in Detroit schools
March 4, 2016The catastrophic levels of pollution and destruction are a direct result of extreme right-wing policies.
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LA gas leak among worst ever – could new regulations help?
March 1, 2016The leak was halted on February 18, but not before ravaging the atmosphere with roughly 100,000 tons of methane, leaving a carbon footprint larger than the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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A crucial tipping point for the environment
February 18, 2016Many climate studies discuss the tipping points for hospitable human life on earth, sometimes referred to as planetary boundaries.
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Flint pediatrician says kids can make it with lots of help
February 11, 2016Suggestions include early childhood intervention, expansion of WIC, breast feeding education, expansion of mental health services, nutritional services, and mobile food banks.
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Trashing the oceans: More plastic than fish by 2050
February 4, 2016The increasing flow of plastic is positively choking the waters and their life: 90 percent of sea birds have consumed some form of plastic.
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