US Environmental Protection Agency
Revealed: US water likely contains more ‘forever chemicals’ than EPA tests show
Guardian analysis of water samples taken in nine US locations shows test agency uses is likely missing significant levels of PFAS pollutants
Tom Perkins
06, Jul, 2022 @9:30 AM
Global dismay as supreme court ruling leaves Biden’s climate policy in tatters
Biden’s election was billed as heralding a ‘climate presidency’ but congressional impasse and judicial roadblocks mean he has little to show
Oliver Milman
06, Jul, 2022 @9:00 AM
The US norms the supreme court targeted this term all came from the same era | Bill McKibben and Akaya Windwood
This is an attack on the epic social, political and cultural transformations of that remarkable period in the 1960s and 1970s
Bill McKibben and Akaya Windwood
03, Jul, 2022 @12:16 PM
The US supreme court has declared war on the Earth’s future | Kate Aronoff
In a major environmental case, the court has made clear that it would rather represent the interests of corporations and the super-rich than the needs and desires of the vast majority of Americans – or people on Earth
Kate Aronoff
01, Jul, 2022 @12:46 PM
Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in to supreme court after ruling deals blow to climate crisis – as it happened
Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes first Black woman in US history to sit on the nation’s highest court
Lauren Gambino
30, Jun, 2022 @8:09 PM
The US supreme court just made yet another devastating decision for humanity | Peter Kalmus
The EPA ruling means it may now be mathematically impossible through available avenues for the US to achieve its greenhouse gas emissions goal
Peter Kalmus
30, Jun, 2022 @7:25 PM
Giuliani associate Lev Parnas handed 20 months in prison for campaign finance fraud – as it happened
Lawyers had sought leniency as Parnas had helped congressional inquiry –follow all the latest politics news
Adam Gabbatt in New York
29, Jun, 2022 @8:00 PM
EPA imposes stricter limits on four types of toxic ‘forever chemicals’
EPA administrator Michael Regan announces ‘aggressive action’ but new PFAS limits are advisory and critics call them ‘baby steps’
Tom Perkins
15, Jun, 2022 @8:21 PM
Proposed deal could slash toxic emissions in America’s ‘Cancer Alley’
Consent decree would settle two lawsuits against EPA brought by Louisiana residents in one of most polluted parts of US
Oliver Laughland in New Orleans
08, Jun, 2022 @9:51 PM
People of color more likely to be harmed by pesticides, study finds
Hispanic and Latino farmworkers at high risk from pesticide use in agriculture, while people in lower-income housing also affected
Aliya Uteuova
19, Apr, 2022 @12:01 AM
Scientists sound alarm at US regulator’s new ‘forever chemicals’ definition
Narrower definition excludes chemicals in pharmaceuticals and pesticides that are generally defined as PFAS
Tom Perkins
05, Apr, 2022 @9:00 AM
The rightwing US supreme court has climate change in its sights | Laurence H Tribe and Jeremy Lewin
The court is breaking with precedent, procedure and prudence to achieve the ultra-conservative majority’s policy preferences
Laurence H Tribe and Jeremy Lewin
28, Feb, 2022 @11:08 AM
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