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Pa. DEP orders Energy Transfer to fix damage to streams and wetlands

Twenty-three streams that flowed through southwestern Pennsylvania before Energy Transfer built its Revolution pipeline have been filled with dirt.

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Jury returns $2 billion verdict against Monsanto for couple with cancer

A jury handed a $2.055 billion verdict in favor of a couple in California who say their cancer was caused by long-term exposure to Monsanto's popular weed killer Roundup, according to the plaintiffs' attorneys.

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Jury awards $2 billion in damages in Roundup weed killer cancer trial

The verdict represents the third time a California jury has decided in favor of consumers who claimed their cancer was caused by the glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer.

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Forget the Anthropocene: We’ve entered the synthetic age

Through climate engineering and gene drives, we are consciously remaking Earth’s metabolism. Welcome to the synthetic age

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Investigation: Cracker plant will bring jobs, pollution

MONACA, PA —The massive ethane cracker plant in Beaver County is bringing thousands of jobs to Western Pennsylvania.
But Action News Investigates has learned it may also bring thousands of tons of air pollutants to a region that already has some of the nation's dirtiest air.

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Denton, Texas, ends use of glyphosate herbicide for city parks

Denton will end its use of glyphosate herbicide and is piloting an integrated pest management program that includes some organic methods for city parks, ballfields and playgrounds.

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California bans farm pesticide chlorpyrifos

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration Wednesday said it plans to ban chlorpyrifos, a widely-used farm pesticide. The chemical has been linked to neurological problems.

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Study pulls back curtain on Coca-Cola's contracts with researchers it funds

One policy in the contracts could undermine Coca-Cola's commitment to scientific transparency and unrestricted research, the study's authors said.

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Kids in Southwestern Pennsylvania are exposed to carcinogenic coke oven emissions at shockingly higher rates than the rest of the country

Pa. DEP orders Energy Transfer to fix damage to streams and wetlands

Jury returns $2 billion verdict against Monsanto for couple with cancer

Jury awards $2 billion in damages in Roundup weed killer cancer trial

Forget the Anthropocene: We’ve entered the synthetic age

Investigation: Cracker plant will bring jobs, pollution

Denton, Texas, ends use of glyphosate herbicide for city parks

California bans farm pesticide chlorpyrifos

Study pulls back curtain on Coca-Cola's contracts with researchers it funds

Peter Dykstra: Saviors of the Hudson

"America's first river" is a long way from total salvation, but 50 years ago, two men stepped up to rescue it.

Up next – Trial in Monsanto’s hometown set for August after $2 billion Roundup cancer verdict

"The things that have gone on here, I want St. Louis juries to hear this stuff."

From making it to managing it, plastic is a major contributor to climate change

New report finds plastic production and use could have the equivalent impact of nearly 300 new coal power plants on Earth's climate over the next decade.

Clairton, PA, wants to be clear: Residents demand accountability from U.S. Steel

"Right now, we are in an emergency, we are in a crisis"

Kids in Southwestern Pennsylvania are exposed to carcinogenic coke oven emissions at shockingly higher rates than the rest of the country

"Kids breathe about four times as much air as an adults, so they have proportionately more of these chemicals in their bodies."

Peter Dykstra: We have a winner (loser?)

In the sweepstakes to find the dumbest climate- or environment-related utterance by the Trump Administration, it's Mike Pompeo for the win.

"America's first river" is a long way from total salvation, but 50 years ago, two men stepped up to rescue it.

"The things that have gone on here, I want St. Louis juries to hear this stuff."

New report finds plastic production and use could have the equivalent impact of nearly 300 new coal power plants on Earth's climate over the next decade.

"Right now, we are in an emergency, we are in a crisis"

"Kids breathe about four times as much air as an adults, so they have proportionately more of these chemicals in their bodies."

In the sweepstakes to find the dumbest climate- or environment-related utterance by the Trump Administration, it's Mike Pompeo for the win.

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