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Killing for Coal (Literally)

Killing for Coal (Literally)

| Aug 28, 2018 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIn August 1921, sheriff’s deputies in West Virginia — later joined by federal troops — massacred striking mineworkers using machine guns and aerial bombardment, in what’s now known as the Battle of Blair Mountain. Nearly a century later, the government is again...
Here Out West, ‘Smoke Season’ Keeps Getting Worse

Here Out West, ‘Smoke Season’ Keeps Getting Worse

| Aug 21, 2018 | Environment / HealthRight now, much of the west is affected by wildfires. An unlucky minority will have to evacuate their homes, and some will lose their homes altogether — or even their lives. But for millions more across the west, “smoke season” is a real thing. Vast swaths...
Brett Kavanaugh Would Be a Disaster on Climate

Brett Kavanaugh Would Be a Disaster on Climate

| Jul 17, 2018 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyDonald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh isn’t just a likely vote against Roe, or an enabler of brash executive authority. He’s also a vocal supporter of a conservative legal “philosophy” that’s designed to block action...
Corruption Is Bad, But Sabotage Is Worse

Corruption Is Bad, But Sabotage Is Worse

| Jun 13, 2018 | Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyDid you hear that the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Scott Pruitt, is so corrupt that he spent $1,560 on 12 customized fountain pens? Or that he spent another $43,000 on a soundproof phone booth in violation of government spending laws? Pruitt’s...
Raising the Flag on Ryan Zinke’s Corruption

Raising the Flag on Ryan Zinke’s Corruption

| May 9, 2018 | Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyThe media’s been swirling around the many scandals involving Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt, and rightfully so. But there’s another scandalous member of Trump’s cabinet who’s bending ethical standards and attacking our environment: Interior...
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