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May 26, 2018

Emails show cooperation among EPA, climate-change deniers

Newly released emails show senior Environmental Protection Agency officials working closely with a conservative group that dismisses climate change to rally like

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Economies in Asia Pacific forecast to shrink by over 2 per cent due to climate change: Study

The Asia-Pacific economy will shrink by 2.6 per cent by 2050 due to its inability to withstand climate change, a study found.

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BarbiAnn Maynard drives 45 minutes from her home in Martin County, Kentucky, to a spring at the Mingo-Logan county line in West Virginia to fill containers with fresh water. (Credit: Curren Sheldon/100 Days in Appalachia)

Originals

'That's vinegar:' The Ohio River's history of contamination and progress made

In 1958, researchers from the University of Louisville and the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission gathered at a lock on the Monongahela River for routine collecting, counting and comparing of fish species.

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Clouded in Clarity: A comic on chemicals & controversy

Harmful chemicals are difficult to understand. So, to pair with our investigation, "Exposed" we present EHN's first comic, "Clouded in Clarity," which focuses on BPA and the controversy around an ongoing, massive study on it.

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Local water scarcity spilling over into global crisis, researchers warn

Population growth and climate change are putting increasingly intense pressure on the planet's limited water supplies, with worsening shortages emerging from the Middle East to Asia and Latin America, researchers and bankers said on Monday.

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Toxic algae, climate change, bad policy: Canadian scientists say fresh water under threat

A report from the Global Water Futures project that involves 22 universities says Canadian water supplies are increasingly threatened by accelerating climate change and policies that haven’t changed in decades.

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Inside Copenhagen’s plan to be the world’s first carbon-neutral capital

Amid mounting global concern about climate change, Denmark has turned into a buzzing hive of green experimentation.

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What could happen if a $9.4 billion chemical plant comes to "Cancer Alley"

In Louisiana, a Taiwanese industrial giant seems likely to be granted a permit to build a billion-dollar plastics plant. Its proposed emissions could triple levels of cancer-causing chemicals in one of the most toxic areas of the U.S.

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Many Native Americans can't get clean water, report finds

A new report from DigDeep and the U.S. Water Alliance found race is the strongest predictor of water and sanitation access. This has implications for public health.

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Emails show cooperation among EPA, climate-change deniers

Economies in Asia Pacific forecast to shrink by over 2 per cent due to climate change: Study

Study: Air pollution costing Nevadans millions in health bills

'That's vinegar:' The Ohio River's history of contamination and progress made

Clouded in Clarity: A comic on chemicals & controversy

Local water scarcity spilling over into global crisis, researchers warn

Toxic algae, climate change, bad policy: Canadian scientists say fresh water under threat

Inside Copenhagen’s plan to be the world’s first carbon-neutral capital

What could happen if a $9.4 billion chemical plant comes to "Cancer Alley"

Many Native Americans can't get clean water, report finds

Exposed: Toward a BPA-free future

What will it take to rid our store shelves of BPA and its equally hazardous cousins?

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.

Exposed: How willful blindness keeps BPA on shelves and contaminating our bodies

EHN.org investigation finds regulatory push to discredit independent evidence of harm while favoring pro-industry science despite significant shortcomings.

Peter Dykstra: Happy birthday, Senator Inhofe!

Jim Inhofe, the Senate's unwavering climate denier, turns 85 on Sunday. I requested a Q&A with him when he turns 100 to see how the "hoax" has turned out.

Good River: Our reporters want to hear your Ohio River stories and concerns

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Exposed: Deciphering the real message about BPA

"The government keeps testing chemicals for safety using the same old approaches developed 50 years ago"

Emails show cooperation among EPA, climate-change deniers

What will it take to rid our store shelves of BPA and its equally hazardous cousins?

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.

EHN.org investigation finds regulatory push to discredit independent evidence of harm while favoring pro-industry science despite significant shortcomings.

Jim Inhofe, the Senate's unwavering climate denier, turns 85 on Sunday. I requested a Q&A with him when he turns 100 to see how the "hoax" has turned out.

Text "OHIO" to 765-227-2602 to share with our seven-newsroom collaborative.

"The government keeps testing chemicals for safety using the same old approaches developed 50 years ago"

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