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Everyday household items are contributing to air pollution at an increasing rate.
A new study points to everyday household chemicals as a major contributor to air pollution. Plus: the new White House budget is bad news for the EPA, and one politician is silenced for speaking out against the role of corporate interests in politics.
Climate Change Is Stressing Us Out, Literally
New studies shine a light on how climate crisis is affecting our mental and emotional well-being.
Puerto Rico is privatizing its electric grid.
The island’s governor wants to sell its bankrupted state-owned utility, PREPA. But that may turn out to be a bad move.
International roundup: “Operation Olive Branch”
Turkey’s incursion into northern Syria could strain its relationship with the US. Plus: in 90 days, Cape Town will be the world’s first major city to run out of water, and the European Union tries to eliminate plastics.
New York City is suing big oil companies over climate change.
It’s the biggest move yet in the legal battle over global warming. Plus: the Trump administration wants to drill for oil off the entire US coastline, and Ryan Zinke is trying to reshape the Department of the Interior.
The Trump administration is beginning to rescind rules around offshore drilling and fracking.
The rollbacks are part of a systemic effort to deregulate industry, but if 2010's Deepwater Horizon oil spill is any indication, eliminating the rules could end up costing more.
International roundup: 'a Paris Agreement for the ocean.'
Despite current US policies, the world continues to work toward responsible climate policies, including important ocean protections. Plus: North Korea gets sanctioned again (and again and again and again), and the global back-and-forth between the US and Russia gets more complicated.
pollution might just be humanity’s most pressing problem.
A new report saying that pollution is linked to millions of deaths each year arrives as the EPA under Scott Pruitt works to roll back environmental regulations.