New guidelines for water quality to address the presence of "forever chemicals" have been proposed. What will it take to actually implement these standards and clean up our water?
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Numerous respected news organizations have been caught lying to their audiences. And this self-inflicted damage to journalism is every bit equal to the attacks launched by politicians.
CPAC’s theme was “Protecting America Now.” Who and what are the perceived threats? Attendee's targets can be boiled down to five categories.
New research shows a striking pattern of artificial shifting of paper profits to tax havens by multinational corporations, which has been relentless since the 1980s.
Putin miscalculated. He thought he was confronting a corrupt regime, like his own. He expected the leaders to run. Instead, they stood their ground.
The slow release of information after the Ohio chemical train derailment has left many questions unanswered about the risks and longer-term impact. An environmental engineer helps fill in the information gaps.
Big Oil's trade associations opposed to climate policies spent $2 billion in the decade from 2008 to 2018 on advertising, lobbying and political contributions—and outspent climate-supporting groups 27 to 1.
Five years after Parkland, school shootings have become more frequent and deadly. Perhaps the most glaring—and ignored—fact is that the status quo is not working.
By early winter Arctic Sea ice should be growing and spreading over a wider area. Yet the total area with Arctic sea ice has fallen dramatically in recent decades.
Spy balloons are not new. Monitoring an adversary from a balloon dates back to 1794, when the French used a hot air balloon to track Austrian and Dutch troops.
A quick look back at how we briefly balanced the budget twenty years ago, along with how much has changed, shows that Republicans are unlikely to manage a similar performance.
The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association has spent more than a decade actively recruiting and training sheriffs to believe that their office is more powerful than the president.
California's climate plan calls for a 94% reduction in petroleum use between 2022 and 2045 and an 86% reduction in total fossil fuel use. Overall, it would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 85% by 2045.
Ron DeSantis does not believe systemic injustices exist in the United States and has explicitly denied that systemic racism exists—characterizing the notion as “a bunch of horse manure.”
While forty states provide for the recall of state and local elected officials, there is no federal recall law that could lead to the removal of someone like Santos from Congress.
When multiple hazards such as droughts, heat waves, wildfires and extreme rainfall interact, human disasters often result. And the ability to prepare for and manage multiple hazards will be increasingly essential.