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US military bases teem with PFAS. There’s still no firm plan to clean them up.
Excessive levels of PFAS have been detected at 80 percent of active and decommissioned military bases.
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A decade later, Flint’s water crisis continues
The past 10 years revealed how government failures at every level could effectively kill a city, turning it into a "ghost town."
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The more plastic companies make, the more they pollute
A new study, drawing on five years of data collected across 84 countries, proves what seems self-evident.
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How should Georgia elect key utility regulators? US Supreme Court is asked to weigh in.
Elections for the state's Public Service Commission have been on hold for years.
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California communities are fighting the last battery recycling plant in the West — and its toxic legacy
Lead battery recycling is a crucial but dirty business. As a plant outside Los Angeles seeks to renew its operating permit, the community pushes back.
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How to investigate toxic lead lurking in your community’s soil
New resources from the Center for Public Integrity and Grist aim to teach residents and reporters how to conduct their own research.
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Taking Big Oil to court for ‘climate homicide’ isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds
Are fossil fuel companies guilty of actual murder?
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A climate pledge verifier said it would allow more carbon offsets. Its staff revolted.
In a resignation letter, an adviser called carbon credits "scientifically, socially, and from a climate perspective a hoax."
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Corporate climate plans are improving, but still ‘critically insufficient’
New analysis finds "quite a big gap" between 51 companies' emissions targets and their plans to actually achieve them.
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EPA finalizes the nation’s first PFAS limits in drinking water
Although there are thousands of forever chemicals, the new regulation targets six of the most pervasive ones.
