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Solar Revolution Turns These Women Into Powerful Entrepreneurs

Solar Revolution Turns These Women Into Powerful Entrepreneurs

By Paul Brown A solar revolution is transforming the lives of women in the remotest parts of Asia. They no longer have to wait decades to be connected to a power grid but are able today to exploit the huge potential of the abundant sunshine. In societies where women normally play a subservient role and […]

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    7 Alarming Conflicts of Interest Tainting Trump’s Environmental Picks

    7 Alarming Conflicts of Interest Tainting Trump’s Environmental Picks

    By Keith Gaby Back when Donald Trump was a real estate developer whose projects involved thousands of construction workers, he repeatedly downplayed well-documented dangers of asbestos, writing in one of his books that the carcinogen was “100-percent safe, when applied.” It helps explain President Trump’s pattern, amid ever-swirling ethical scandals, of selecting people with conflicts […]

    PennEast Pipeline ‘Would Cause Massive Increase in Climate Pollution’

    PennEast Pipeline ‘Would Cause Massive Increase in Climate Pollution’

    A study released Wednesday found that, if built, the controversial PennEast Pipeline for fracked gas could contribute as much greenhouse gas pollution as 14 coal-fired power plants or 10 million passenger vehicles—some 49 million metric tons per year. The analysis, conducted by Oil Change International, showed that federal regulators are poised to rubber-stamp the PennEast […]

    Trump’s Executive Order Threatens to Wreck Earth as a Livable Planet

    Trump’s Executive Order Threatens to Wreck Earth as a Livable Planet

    By Jeff Masters Decades of progress on cleaning up our dirty air took a significant hit on Tuesday, along with hopes for a livable future climate, when President Trump issued his Energy Independence Executive Order. Most seriously, the order attacks the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan, which requires a 32 percent reduction […]

    Pollution Kills 1.7 Million Children Every Year, WHO Reports

    Pollution Kills 1.7 Million Children Every Year, WHO Reports

    By Lauren McCauley Underscoring the dangers of U.S. President Trump’s broad attacks on air and water regulations, a pair of reports published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday revealed that one in four young children die each year as a result of unhealthy environments. This interactive map shows if your drinking water is […]

    3 Trump Targets: Here’s What’s at Stake

    3 Trump Targets: Here’s What’s at Stake

    [Editor’s note: President Trump signed another executive order on Friday aimed at eliminating regulations.] The Washington Post has reported that the Trump administration may announce a number of executive orders in the coming days. The rumored targets—the Clean Power Plan, the Clean Water Rule and the federal coal leasing moratorium—protect our air and water, save […]