The Superfund threat

New GAO report concludes that five Hampton Roads Superfund sites are at increased threat from climate change, findings that deserves a more urgent response from Washington.

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Trade deals may be an effective method of enforcing climate action

The idea of linking international commerce to emissions control is growing in popularity - and has serious implications for Australia.

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Editorial: Support for asbestos ban needs to be bipartisan, unequivocal

For those who care about public health, in Montana and the world, the issue of asbestos should be of primary concern.

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The EPA must not ignore alarming science

There is a point past which skepticism is no longer healthy but, rather, an excuse to troll scientists and undercut findings that some interested parties would prefer to ignore or deny.

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Trump must keep his promises on vaping

The industry wants a course reversal. But teenagers’ health is more important.

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Add Columbia River’s polluted Bradford Island to Superfund

If the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is unwilling to remediate its mess the task should be designated for Superfund cleanup.

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Yes, there is a climate emergency. Politicians need to do more than talk about it

Policy speaks louder than words, whether governments declare a climate emergency or not. It's their actions that will really matter.

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Editorial: SoCal desperately needs more housing

California's elected leaders talk a good game on climate change, sustainability and the housing crisis. But when it comes to actually changing the sprawling land-use patterns that have clogged the freeways, multiplied greenhouse gas emissions, exacerbated economic inequality and sent the cost of housing sky high, they've been MIA.

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‘Climate change’ finally enters Florida GOP lexicon. But we need action

Our state's climate scientists and local governments have made it abundantly clear that taking substantive action must be a priority. And it must be a priority now. Yet it appears this is another issue on which the state’s Republican lawmakers continue to lag behind their constituents.

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Halt to UK fracking is a step to a greener future

Fracking's fall from the government's grace is emblematic of the changing tone of the climate change discussion.

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California shows the difficulties of hardening the nation to climate change

We’re doing precious little to combat the conditions that are fueling another round of devastating wildfires.

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Editorial: Wildfires, evacuations stress Northern California to the limit

Gov. Gavin Newsom made it official in declaring a statewide emergency to make additional resources available. But no one in the vast area affected by evacuations and blackouts had to be told they were living in a disaster zone.

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As federal workers face violence, rural leaders play politics

It’s the western version of the American right-wing extremism that has taken off this century.

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Glyphosate slant omits legal cases

The Prayut Chan-o-cha government is doing the right thing in standing up to the US after its demand that Thailand lift the ban on three extremely toxic farm chemicals.

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Canada's election results are a victory for the planet

The prime minister's Conservative opponents relied on the conventional wisdom that carbon taxes are political poison, and they lost.

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Find the right mix of ethanol

The Trump Administration’s announcement to increase the ethanol in gasoline mandate found farmers cheering and oil refineries frowning and promising a ...

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Floridians demand end to herbicide spraying by state

Kudos to the Floridians who are raising serious questions about the consequences of spraying herbicides on thousands of lakes across the state.

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Sacramento California, neighborhoods’ lack of trees hurts public health

Low-income Sacramento neighborhoods lack tree canopy because of historic planning practices.

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Where are the insurance checks for Hurricane Michael?

A year after Hurricane Michael, Florida needs to press insurers on settling hurricane claims.

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Editorial: World leaders are failing our future generations on climate change

It will be increasingly impossible to ignore the accelerating costs of a warming planet.

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Dear California farmers: Keep your pesticides to yourselves, away from workers

California farmers should use zero tolerance toward pesticides drifting off their fields and orchards because they sicken workers in neighboring properties.

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Maine leads on climate response

A commitment to innovation creates an opportunity for the state to have an outsize impact on a global problem.

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Californians can help state win auto emissions fight

Buying cars with weak fuel efficiency standards isn’t in anyone’s best interests.

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The White House should compromise with California on fuel efficiency standards

Changing California’s rules would result in higher oil consumption and carbon dioxide.

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Trump muddies the air

To dismantle the Obama climate legacy, he’s taking on California, the auto industry, the Clean Air Act and public opinion.

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While climate catastrophe looms, Trump doubles down on environmental sabotage

Trump is working to whip up his anti-government base while nurturing his own psychological need to tear down every piece of President Barack Obama's legacy.

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Phase out plastics that aren't recyclable by 2030

It's time that the state stopped using the Pacific Ocean as a garbage dump.

www.mercurynews.com

We still don't know how safe vaping is

With dozens of people becoming sick from a vaping-related illness, it’s time to get more information about the risks of e-cigarettes.

www.nytimes.com

Editorial: Lead grants good investment

Not only do they serve to make homes safer for the children and adults who live there but they extend the life and market value of these homes, of which Toledo has many.

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Editorial: Utah’s biggest pollution threat? You’re living in it

In the next five years or so, the No. 1 source of air pollution along the Wasatch Front is going to switch from vehicles to buildings.

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Editorial: The Guardian view on meat substitutes

In the developed world we should take heart from people's willingness to try new, vegan foodstuffs – and from the success of the companies that make them.

www.theguardian.com

Trump to miners, loggers and drillers: This land is your land

From Alaska’s Tongass National Forest to Minnesota’s Boundary Waters, the Trump administration wants to despoil, not preserve, America’s resources.

www.nytimes.com

Brazil and the world need to strike a balance to save the Amazon

President Bolsonaro should assure world leaders he’ll use aid to protect the ecological wonder from fires.

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Pollution in Hudson very likely to remain

There are plenty of villains in the latest chapter of the story concerning the way chemicals dumped for decades into the Hudson River have continued to pollute the river.

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Bernie Sanders’s climate plan will take us nowhere

His $16.3 trillion proposal is certainly grandiose. But it’s also mostly wrongheaded.