EPA Finally Concludes That Fracking Is a Threat to U.S. Water Supplies

By Patrick G. Lee / ProPublica Dec 15, 2016 The Environmental Protection Agency’s finding, endorsed by environmentalists, comes as Donald Trump's nascent administration prepares to rethink regulation of the gas drilling industry. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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How We Can Fight Back Against Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Dec 9, 2016 With regard to fighting global warming, the American public is, at best, now on its own. At worse, the federal government will change its laws to encourage activities that make the environment dirtier, more dangerous and hotter. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The EPA’s New Boss, ‘White Flight’ in Higher Education and Bernie Sanders’ ‘Identity Politics’

BLANK Dec 9, 2016 In this week's episode of "Informed Rant," host Josh Scheer speaks with Greg Dotson, vice president of energy policy at the Center for American Progress, about Donald Trump’s proposed pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Scheer also sits down with research professor Anthony Carnevale and writer Katie Halper. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Will Christie Whitman Follow Her 9/11 Apology With One for Her Nuclear Shill Game?

Harvey Wasserman / Truthdig Sep 12, 2016 The former EPA chief regrets misleading the public about the air quality after the New York terrorist attacks. Her apology leaves some doubting her sincerity. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Lead Contamination at Indiana Low-Income Housing Site Is Being Addressed After Decades of Inaction

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2016 A video investigation of conditions at an affordable-housing complex in northern Indiana shows how the crisis came to be and how it might be “worse than Flint.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Long Beach Files Lawsuit Against Monsanto

Staff / Truthdig May 22, 2016 The city joins six others on the West Coast that have sued the agrochemical giant for allegedly contaminating water sources with PCBs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

More Than Exxon: Big Oil Companies for Years Shared Damning Climate Research

By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams Dec 23, 2015 New investigative reporting exposes that a task force headed by the American Petroleum Institute also knew about global warming since the 1970s. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, Other GOP Candidates Attack Obama’s Plan to Curb Climate Change

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Aug 4, 2015 Before President Obama could announce his administration's new curbs on carbon emissions from power plants, Republican presidential hopefuls were insisting they know better than the scientists whose work he relied on. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Republican Climate Denier to Get Top Senate Environment Job

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 6, 2014 In the wake of the Republican sweep of the 2014 midterms, Oklahoma Republican Jim Inhofe, one of the United States' biggest names in climate change denial, is slated to lead the Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

American Catch

By Juliet Eilperin Aug 15, 2014 We are "a seafood debtor nation," with imported seafood gracing more than 85 percent of our plates. Why not embrace the ocean bounty that can still be found off America's shores, Paul Greenberg's book asks. With imported seafood gracing more than 85 percent of our plates, why can't we embrace the ocean bounty that can still be found off America's shores? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Faced With Global Warming Threat, Obama Fudges EPA Carbon Reduction

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jun 3, 2014 President Obama’s decision to unleash the Environmental Protection Agency on U.S. carbon dioxide emitters is a sea change in environmental policy and is extremely welcome to any who care about the planet. But its real significance does not lie in the targets for carbon dioxide reduction Obama has set. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )