By Chelsea Conaboy on October 9, 2018
The world’s leading body of climate scientists has issued a report saying that climate change is altering the planet more rapidly than previously thought and that things will have to change rapidly to moderate the effects,
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By Chelsea Conaboy on October 2, 2018
In the year after the slaughter that killed 58 people on the Las Vegas strip, state lawmakers have had mixed success in passing new gun control measures.
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By Chelsea Conaboy on September 25, 2018
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has documented 2,173 cases of the foodborne illness cyclosporiasis from May through August this year. That’s a surge in the case count from prior years.
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By Chelsea Conaboy on September 18, 2018
Authorities told JUUL and four other makers of e-cigarettes that they have 60 days to submit a plan addressing the problem, while also sending more than 1,300 warning letters to retailers that it said illegally sold e-cigarette products to teens.
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By Chelsea Conaboy on September 11, 2018
A hat-trick for the energy industry: The Trump administration is once again turning energy industry hopes into reality, with a plan to make it easier for oil and gas wells to leak methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases. Coral Davenport of The New York Times reports that the Environmental Protection Agency will put…
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By Chelsea Conaboy on September 4, 2018
California lawmakers have passed a bill pledging to make 100 percent of the state’s electricity carbon-free by 2045. That could solidify the state’s status as a world leader on clean energy and send a message that it is serious about facing the realities of more intense wildfires, drought and sea level rise caused by climate change.
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By Chelsea Conaboy on August 28, 2018
There’s a new Marlboro Man, and she’s an Instagram influencer: Actually, there are many, according to a petition filed by public health advocacy groups asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate tobacco companies’ use of social media campaigns to lure young customers. “The tobacco companies are engaging in the same marketing tactics they used in the…
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By Chelsea Conaboy on August 21, 2018
Proposal to rewrite pollution rules for coal-fired power plants would increase greenhouse gas emissions and harm public health, according to the EPA’s own analysis.
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By Chelsea Conaboy on August 14, 2018
Internal emails reveal concerns raised by agency experts about the Trump administration’s ideas for regulating the carcinogen.
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By Chelsea Conaboy on August 7, 2018
Food-borne diseases cause about 9.4 million illnesses in the U.S. each year. When it comes to outbreaks of things like salmonella, listeria and E. coli, chicken is the leading culprit, with pork and seeded vegetables close behind.
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Standing Up for Free Speech and Open Government
By Sue Cross">Sue Cross on August 16, 2018
Today, the Institute for Nonprofit News joins journalists across the country in asking you, the public, to stand up for your rights to free speech and an open government.
This started as a campaign by The Boston Globe to ask the President of the United States to knock off attacking the news media. But the President’s attacks on the press aren’t ultimately about the press.
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