Environment
Tenth anniversary of Lac Mégantic tragedy shows little change on rail safety
July 12, 2023The East Palestine, Ohio disaster moved minds in Washington but we still wait for it to move legislation.
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The new abnormal: Climate change making wildfires and smoke worse
July 3, 2023“The climate changed so much that we lost control of it.”
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Canadian wildfire smoke disproportionately harms Black and poor people
June 30, 2023Those communities are more likely to live near other major sources of bad air.
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80 million U.S. residents under air quality alerts as Canada wildfire smoke swings south again
June 29, 2023About 16 million acres have already been burned by the wildfires in Canada — an area slightly larger than the state of West Virginia.
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Victory in Peru as corporations denied right to exploit Indigenous lands
June 27, 2023Activists welcomed a decision by lawmakers to drop plans for a new law labelled a “Genocide Bill” by Peru’s Indigenous people.
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