Safety concerns top an extensive list of Mariner East Pipeline grievances. The project will carry highly combustible liquids through densely populated Pennsylvania areas.
Whether the culprit is lead or other chemicals, pollution in drinking water is widespread. Literally millions, including millions of school-aged children, are affected.
Hidden in the Paradise Papers, a cache of 13 million leaked documents documenting a small slice of the world of offshore investing, lurks a credit agreement that reveals that a few of the nation’s best-known environmental nonprofits are invested in oil drilling and exploration.
As the Trump administration rolls back regulations, environmental nonprofits fight new mining proposal.
When a disaster strikes, there are immediate risks to people and property from the disaster itself. Baseline data is vital to determining the relative role of environmental exposure, especially where disparities are disproportionately high.
It took more than 80 days for the White House to decide that their nominee to head the Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Hartnett White, a climate skeptic, was not going to make the cut.
Since taking office in January 2017, the Trump administration has attempted to reverse at least 60 environmental rules, with 29 rules already overturned, 24 rollbacks in progress, and seven rule rollbacks in limbo so far.
It seems it’s not just Puerto Rico’s infrastructure that is collapsing, but the legitimacy of the US government. We may want to pay attention and learn; one day, this may hit even closer to home.
Planning cities around various concepts of justice is tough work, but when communities call for change, it’s time to act.
Blockchain software is a decentralized ledger that cannot be changed, can be viewed by anyone, and has entries that are verifiable and trustworthy.
