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20 States Sue Trump Administration for Slashing FEMA Disaster Mitigation Program

20 States Sue Trump Administration for Slashing FEMA Disaster Mitigation Program

A group of 20 states sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over the shutting down of a multibillion-dollar grant program with the purpose of strengthening natural disaster preparation and mitigation. The lawsuit filed in a Boston federal court contends that the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) unlawfully eliminated its Building Resilient Infrastructures and […]

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    ‘Poisoning the Well’ Authors Sharon Udasin and Rachel Frazin on PFAS Contamination and Why It ‘Has Not Received the Attention It Deserves’

    ‘Poisoning the Well’ Authors Sharon Udasin and Rachel Frazin on PFAS Contamination and Why It ‘Has Not Received the Attention It Deserves’

    In the introduction to Sharon Udasin and Rachel Frazin’s new book, Poisoning The Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America, the authors cite an alarming statistic from 2015 that PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are present in the bodies of an estimated 97% of Americans. How did we ever get to this point? Their book is […]

    Certain Gut Microbes Found to Absorb Ingested PFAS: Study

    Certain Gut Microbes Found to Absorb Ingested PFAS: Study

    Our gut bacteria — collectively known as the “gut microbiome” — perform many important tasks in addition to the basics of breaking down food and vitamins, including supporting our immune system and brain health. Researchers from the University of Cambridge have recently identified a family of gut bacteria that can absorb per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances […]

    UN Climate Expert Urges Criminalization of Fossil Fuel Disinformation to Protect Basic Human Rights

    UN Climate Expert Urges Criminalization of Fossil Fuel Disinformation to Protect Basic Human Rights

    United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights Elisa Morgera on Monday presented a new report to the General Assembly calling for the criminalization of spreading disinformation regarding the climate crisis, as well as a complete ban on fossil fuel lobbying and advertising by the industry. In The imperative of defossilizing our economies report, Morgera argues […]

    EPA Employees Sign ‘Declaration of Dissent’ Over Trump Administration Policies

    EPA Employees Sign ‘Declaration of Dissent’ Over Trump Administration Policies

    A group of more than 170 employees of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday published a Declaration of Dissent from policies under the Trump administration. The employees said the administration’s policies “undermine the EPA mission of protecting human health and the environment.” “Since the Agency’s founding in 1970, EPA has accomplished this […]