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'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' weighs whether environmental extremists are revolutionaries or terrorists
Director Daniel Goldhaber's latest heist thriller, "How to Blow Up a Pipeline," explores the moral …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Food preservative used in popular foods may harm immune system, says new study
The findings showed that the preservative tert-butylhydroquinone, or TBHQ, has been found to har…
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A Los Angeles teen led a fight to shut down urban oil wells, survived cancer, and won a 'Green Nobel'
Nalleli Cobo fought to close a leaking oil well near her home, sue the city of Los Angeles for envi…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A $1 billion environmental justice wake-up call in Jackson
More than 140,000 residents, the majority of whom are Black, don't have clean drinking water after …
Catherine Boudreau
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EPA cracks down on 'forever chemicals' in tap water: What PFAS are, where they are, and why they're harmful
PFAS, aka forever chemicals, linked to cancer, reproductive issues, and impaired vaccine response a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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What Happened to Green India? Ranked Lowest as per Environmental Performance Index, India Disputes Methodology
The EPI ranks countries based on how close they might be to achieving specific 2050 international c…
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I research harmful microplastics. Here's what I do to keep my family safe from their toxic chemicals.
Tiny bits of plastic are in tea bags, breastmilk, and baby bottles. An expert explains how she keep…
Adrienne Matei
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An Indigenous patrol in the Amazon won a 'Green Nobel' after they took gold miners operating on their land to court — and won
The Cofán's Indigenous patrol hunts for signs of trespassing gold miners, and has ultimately put th…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Tesla was ignorant about Bitcoin's environmental impact as per Elon Musk's brother
A Tesla board member, Kimbal told TechCrunch that the company had no idea about the climate impa…
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Package deal: Businesses and environmental groups pushed for a Colorado tax that will fund recycling of bottles and containers
Colorado has become the third state to enact a law that will tax bottles, food wrappers, and other …
Catherine Boudreau
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A 'mesmerizing' TikTok trend of mixing cleaning chemicals could be harmful for the environment and potentially dangerous, experts warn
The "product overload" trend has been growing on TikTok in the past year, as users add multiple cle…
Matilda Head
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The EPA wants to regulate hazardous 'forever chemicals,' which are found in items like pizza boxes, nonstick pans, and cleaning products
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl compounds, also called "forever chemicals" are linked to severe …
Morgan Keith
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Supreme Court limits EPA's ability to fight climate change, a major environmental ruling that could affect Biden's goals
The decision restricts the EPA's ability to set environmental regulations that aim to slow the adva…
Jake Epstein,Oma Seddiq
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Microplastics discovered in human blood are 'unsettling.' Scientists are trying to figure out whether they're harmful.
Scientists say they're in the dark on the health impacts of microplastics circulating the human bod…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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8 popular companies like Nike and Patagonia that are committed to reducing environmental harm by using organic cotton
Why? Because organic cotton is an important win-win-win: better for you, better for the environment…
Mara Leighton
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Dozens of seized superyachts may cause significant environmental damage if governments fail to pay millions in maintenance costs, experts say
"It would be embarrassing for the various European governments that seized the yachts to not take c…
Sam Tabahriti,Grace Kay
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On Earth Day, companies commit to adopt more sustainable practices in an attempt to safeguard our tomorrow
We saw many brands come together, to encourage people to follow Earth Hour this year
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Discord shelves idea to bring crypto to its platform after user outcry over environmental impact
Two days after Discord's CEO teased a possible crypto wallet integration, he said there's no plan f…
Isabelle Lee
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Anthony Scaramucci defends Elon Musk's bitcoin holdings amid recent energy-use concerns, says the Tesla CEO has done more than anyone to fight climate change
Anthony Scaramucci said Musk wouldn't invest in a "dirty asset" and the future of bitcoin mining is…