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Douglas Fischer

Nov 16, 2017

Could water — and women — be key to ending extreme poverty?

In Africa alone, women spend a total of 200 million hours every day, on average, collecting water.

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Elon Musk details ‘excruciating’ personal toll of Tesla turmoil

After setting off a furor that unsettled the markets and his own board, the Tesla chief talks about the pressure he is under and his struggle to cope.

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EPA uietly delays reviews for Bee-harming pesticides

The EPA is pushing its deadline for reviewing a set of insecticides linked to declining bee populations to next year.

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Peter Dykstra: Past deadline and over budget, nuclear energy is struggling.

ATLANTA—Georgia Power is in the midst of a financial and political maelstrom over its expansion of Plant Vogtle, a 70s-era two reactor complex near Augusta.

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Most economic forecasts have a big blind spot: Climate change

Many closely followed economic models don't take into account the mounting costs of extreme weather caused by climate change, which might be accelerating faster than forecasters think.

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CLEAN WATER RULE: Judge shifts legal brawl, revives WOTUS in 26 states

The Obama-era Clean Water Rule became the law in 26 states today as a federal judge in South Carolina issued a nationwide injunction on the Trump administration's delay of the regulation that defines what wetlands and waterways get federal protection.

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Border water is the biggest climate change issue no one's talking about

Border water will be at the center of climate change diplomacy. It may pull nations together, or lead them into war.

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DDT linked to an increase in autism risk in new study

Columbia University Medical Center researchers found that mothers with higher exposure to the banned pesticide had an increased risk of a child developing autism.

Expert witness from landmark Monsanto trial offers 5 fixes to shortcomings in current GE food regulations

Charles Benbrook on the mistakes made in the approval of the first genetically engineered crops—and what we can learn from them

Q&A with Rich Fitzgerald, Allegheny County Executive

Our reporting found an asthma crisis in Pittsburgh. What do politicians have to say?

WATCH: John Oliver's take-down of "astroturfing"

Citizens for Fire Safety? American Council on Science and Health? Last Week Tonight host scorches BS front groups

What do politicians have to say about Pittsburgh's asthma epidemic?

"I almost feel like these statistics can't be real."

Pete Myers: Peering into the Plasticene, our future of plastic and plastic waste.

The challenge is undeniably enormous. Huge economic pressures continue the exponential growth curve of plastic production, with no solutions capable of dealing with the problem at scale.

Could water — and women — be key to ending extreme poverty?

Columbia University Medical Center researchers found that mothers with higher exposure to the banned pesticide had an increased risk of a child developing autism.

Charles Benbrook on the mistakes made in the approval of the first genetically engineered crops—and what we can learn from them

Our reporting found an asthma crisis in Pittsburgh. What do politicians have to say?

Citizens for Fire Safety? American Council on Science and Health? Last Week Tonight host scorches BS front groups

"I almost feel like these statistics can't be real."

The challenge is undeniably enormous. Huge economic pressures continue the exponential growth curve of plastic production, with no solutions capable of dealing with the problem at scale.

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