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The battle over pipelines, population and property rights in Texas’ Hill Country

"Texas claims to be very sympathetic to property rights. On the other hand, they support oil and gas. What this project has exposed is that these two priorities are not equal."

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Rising waters: Aging levees, climate change and the challenge to hold back the Ohio River

Levee systems throughout the Ohio River basin are "high risk" due to the combination of aging infrastructure and the people and property that would be harmed if the system were to fail.

On the most populated Ohio River island, this beekeeper found a way to better himself and his community

"Beekeeping has been something I've done for all my life. It's one of those things that gets in your blood and once it's in your blood, it's hard to shake it."

Federal tests 'dramatically' undercount BPA and other chemical exposures

Researchers say federal agencies use highly inaccurate tests to estimate exposure to BPA—findings that extend to multiple other harmful chemicals that get into our bodies

Exposed: A scientific stalemate leaves our hormones and health at risk

American industry, aided by federal regulators, is conducting a large-scale, consequential experiment with our hormones and the developing brains and reproductive systems of our children.

What the petrochemical buildout along the Ohio River means for regional communities and beyond

The Ohio River Valley, like the rest of the U.S., stands at a crossroads of energy and industry, facing decisions about whether to turn toward a future of renewable energy and a green jobs revolution or one of shale gas and plastics.

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"Texas claims to be very sympathetic to property rights. On the other hand, they support oil and gas. What this project has exposed is that these two priorities are not equal."

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No, not the war against the press. Or impeachment. Or immigrants. Or reality. But the swamp-draining, regulation-stomping, soul-crushing assault on the environment.

"We all have stories of friends and family, neighbors, dying too young or being diagnosed with various medical problems"

Why the air was unsafe to breathe and reeked of "hospital waste" in a Pennsylvania community this Christmas

"When I go out and look for mussels where they should be, they are disappearing, time and time again."

Long a hotbed for the urban farming movement, Detroit is seeing a surge in urban beekeeping

Environmental politics at the start of a new decade

Advances in science, legal action and public understanding are existential threats to today's chemical industry. Investors should pay attention.

"We tend to take the Ohio for granted. It's in the category of the Rhine, the Rhone, the Danube, the Zambezi. This is a massive, massive river system."

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As we head into the new year how about a little more honesty and a little more reality? And a lot more passion when needed.

The EPA and states must insist municipalities investigate alternative methods for reuse of sewage wastes.

2019 saw the deaths of many notable people from environmental politics, science and advocacy.

Each household is expected to receive around $200-$300 for lost property value.

Ignoring your mail over Christmas could mean losing out

State testing showed PFAS in the water at levels below the federal health advisory.

Levee systems throughout the Ohio River basin are "high risk" due to the combination of aging infrastructure and the people and property that would be harmed if the system were to fail.

"We're really trying to make as many tiny sponges around the neighborhood as possible"

Priority for abused communities must pervade every aspect of a Green New Deal.

Both Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg—prodigious funders of climate action causes and campaigns—are diverting millions into quixotic presidential runs.

"Once you see them, you're going to see millions of them."

"Beekeeping has been something I've done for all my life. It's one of those things that gets in your blood and once it's in your blood, it's hard to shake it."

How powerful institutions are criminalizing populations by locking people up and deeming them undeserving of clean air, water and healthy housing.

35 years after the chemical industry's worst accident, have we learned any lessons? A petrochemical buildout along the Ohio River suggests we haven't.

Researchers say federal agencies use highly inaccurate tests to estimate exposure to BPA—findings that extend to multiple other harmful chemicals that get into our bodies

American industry, aided by federal regulators, is conducting a large-scale, consequential experiment with our hormones and the developing brains and reproductive systems of our children.

PFAS contamination has previously been found at two nearby military bases.

The Ohio River Valley, like the rest of the U.S., stands at a crossroads of energy and industry, facing decisions about whether to turn toward a future of renewable energy and a green jobs revolution or one of shale gas and plastics.

It's not easy being a Southern Indiana Waterkeeper

With heightened awareness around the country about the health effects of PFAS, calculations for what artificial turf installations actually cost over their full life-time may send a shock through the artificial turf industry

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