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Why FEMA isn’t prepared for the next major U.S. disaster
As a result of inappropriately assigning staff to minor emergencies, the agency is facing staff shortages heading into wildfire and hurricane season.
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‘The next Flint,’ and America’s problem with lead in its water
Newark and Pittsburgh are both grappling with lead crises. Which city might be next?
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This sexy beach read might actually help Puerto Rico’s hurricane recovery
This sexy beach read uses popular fiction to shed light on Puerto Rico’s post-Maria plight.
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Nearly 100 percent of Trump funds designed to help farmers went to white farmers
A new report reveals race and income disparities in regards to a program designed to protect growers from Trump’s trade war with China.
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The deadliest environmental causes in 2018: Protesting mining, agribusiness, dams
At least 164 environmental activists were killed last year, according to a new report.
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Scientists urge the U.N. to make environmental destruction a war crime
War (huh!) what is it good for? Certainly not the environment.
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![People line up to get dry ice from a Con Edison truck in a neighborhood without power in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Monday, July 22, 2019.]()
![People line up to get dry ice from a Con Edison truck in a neighborhood without power in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Monday, July 22, 2019.]()
During deadly heat wave, New York utility cut power to high-risk neighborhoods
ConEd said it was unaware that the neighborhoods it blacked out during this weekend's heat wave ranked high in risk for heat deaths.
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Protests grow as millions demand resignation of Puerto Rico’s governor
Far from fizzling out, protests in Puerto Rico calling for Rosselló's resignation have only grown after it was revealed the governor mocked hurricane victims.
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Meet the Gulf War veteran who became an environmental champion
Russel Honoré, a folk hero in Louisiana, says toxic pollution is “one of our nation’s deadliest enemies.”
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The fight is heating up over telescope construction on Hawaii’s largest volcano
Mauna Kea's celestial significance has led to a bitter feud between native Hawaiians and the International TMT Observatory.
