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.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Climate Change, Environmental Safety and Health, Firearms, Food Supply, Government accountability |
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.
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Auto and Highway Safety, Climate Change, Environmental Safety and Health, EPA, Firearms, Government accountability, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, Workplace Safety and Health |
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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By Chelsea Conaboy on July 31, 2018
President Trump tweeted that selling 3-D printed guns to the public “doesn’t seem to make much sense!” But his administration agreed to a settlement in June allowing online publication of gun blueprints by a company called Defense Distributed.
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By Chelsea Conaboy on July 17, 2018
There’s a lot to digest from Helsinki this week. But don’t miss this story happening not in Finland but in Washington. Mariia Butina, a 29-year-old Russian gun enthusiast, was arrested Sunday ….
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By Chelsea Conaboy on July 10, 2018
Coming to blows over “breast is best”: In one of the more bizarre international incidents involving the Trump administration, U.S. officials strong-armed would-be sponsors of a World Health Assembly resolution that called for supporting breastfeeding and limiting misleading marketing of substitutes, Andrew Jacobs of The New York Times writes. The U.S., in a possible concession…
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Climate Change, Environmental Safety and Health, Firearms, food safety, Government ethics, Plastic pollution, wage theft |
By Chelsea Conaboy on July 3, 2018
The Ocean State v. Big Oil: Rhode Island, which has more than 400 miles of coastline, has become the first state in the country to sue oil companies for the cost of protecting itself from rising seas. More than a dozen cities and counties in four other states have filed similar lawsuits that aim to hold…
Posted in Warning Wire | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Auto and Highway Safety, Climate Change, Firearms, Off-Road Vehicles, Pharmaceutical Industry and Drugs, Vaccine Safety, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Myron Levin and Stuart Silverstein on June 26, 2018
Outlawed emissions: A mysterious increase in emissions of a banned industrial gas that destroys the atmosphere’s protective ozone layer has been traced to a province in China where manufacturers have kept using it to make foam insulation. According to The New York Times, the spike in emissions of CFC-11 is undermining the success of the…
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