Is the Fossil Fuel Industry, Like Tobacco, Guilty of Racketeering? [1]
"Journalists investigated Exxon’s rejection of its own science to deceive the public. Scientists call for the Justice Department to investigate".

"Journalists investigated Exxon’s rejection of its own science to deceive the public. Scientists call for the Justice Department to investigate".
"On ancestral lands, the Fond du Lac band in Minnesota is planting wild rice and restoring wetlands damaged by dams, industry, and logging. Their efforts are part of a growing trend by Native Americans to bring back traditional food sources and heal scarred landscapes."
"Where’s the money? Six years ago in Copenhagen, Hillary Clinton, then secretary of state, brought the moribund negotiations on a deal to slow climate change back from the dead with a single promise of $100 billion a year to help the world’s poor nations."
Trains carrying hazardous liquids have recently caused more than a dozen explosions, fires, and spills around the country. But communities have little say over hazardous rail facilities in their midst. The rail industry is exploiting obscure historic exemptions from state and local laws protecting communities.
"Duke Energy agreed Tuesday to pay North Carolina regulators $7 million to settle allegations of groundwater pollution at its coal ash pits and to perform accelerated cleanups costing millions of dollars at four sites."
"The Environmental Protection Agency announced new rules Tuesday to reduce toxic air pollution from oil refineries by forcing operators to adopt new technology that better monitors and controls emissions."
"Herbicides and insecticides are key tools in managing invasive species — but managers are working to find more environmentally friendly substitutes".
"VINELAND, N.J. -- Following months of investigations and public hearings, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to add the former Kil-Tone Company grounds to its Superfund list of the most hazardous waste sites in the country."
"A coalition of U.S. states warned on Monday that a spike in earthquakes potentially tied to oil and gas activity in places not typically prone to them needs urgent attention from regulators and others to protect public safety."
"Following an 18-month scuffle under the Freedom of Information Act, the Pentagon has released records detailing serious contamination on Okinawa base land slated soon for return to civilian use."
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[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
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[6] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
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[8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-tribes-movement-revive-native-foods-and-lands
[9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population
[11] http://e360.yale.edu/feature/for_us_tribes_a_movement_to_revive_native_foods_and_lands/2915/
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/getting-100-billion-climate-change-aid
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
[14] http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/business/getting-to-100-billion-in-climate-change-aid.html?ref=energy-environment
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/loopholes-national-railroad-policy-take-communities-surprise
[16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster
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[22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[23] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast
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[26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air
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[30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife
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[32] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nj-epa-add-kil-tone-site-superfund-list
[33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste
[34] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northeast
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