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10 August 2018
As more storms roll in, how will power companies keep the lights on?
When the power goes out, calls to local utility companies come flooding in from people like Joan Petrillo, manager of Martindale's Natural Market.
When the power goes out, calls to local utility companies come flooding in from people like Joan Petrillo, manager of Martindale's Natural Market.
The environmental impact debate in healthcare has tended to focus on hazardous clinical waste, syringes, gloves, and contaminated material, leaving industrial and logistical processes largely unexamined. AMID argues that this analytical gap understates the true scale of the problem.
Extreme heat is not only making cities less livable; it’s also reshaping who can afford to live where.
An expert warns that would require 200 billion liters of water and explode Canada’s emissions.
After Canadian wildfire smoke blanketed the Northeast, environmental justice advocates renewed calls for better air quality monitoring in Massachusetts’s most disadvantaged communities.
Overuse, drought, and climate change have pummeled Lake Powell to near historic lows, made worse by the driest winter on record and extreme heat.
One facility has emitted cancer-causing chemicals into waterways at levels up to 520% higher than legal limits.
“They're terrorizing these scientists because they want to keep them silent.”
"The reality is, we are not exposed to one chemical at a time.”
A new report assesses the administration’s progress and makes new recommendations
“We cannot stand by and allow this to happen. We need to hold this administration accountable.”
“The chemical black box” that blankets wildfire-impacted areas is increasingly under scrutiny.