National (U.S.)
Senate Votes To Give FDA Regulatory Power Over Tobacco
Fishers Who Catch Baby Eels For $2,000 A Pound Hope For Years Of Fishing
"Baby eels, also called elvers, are likely the most valuable fish in the United States on a per-pound basis - worth orders of magnitude more money at the docks than lobsters, scallops or salmon."
Clean Electricity? These Are The Overlooked Elected Officials Who Decide.
"On a Tuesday morning in January, college student Aurora Gray stepped up to the podium in a windowless room in Atlanta, around the corner from the state capitol building. In front of her sat a five-member panel of elected officials that oversees how and where nearly every Georgia resident gets their power."
Neighbors Sick. Should Developers Dig Up Toxic Soil In Florida Suburb?
"Residents already hit with disease are fighting the multibillion-dollar corporation DR Horton, America’s largest homebuilder".
United States Has Its First Large Offshore Wind Farm, With More To Come
"America’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is officially open, a long-awaited moment that helps pave the way for a succession of large wind farms."
"Navajos Worry Uranium Superfund Addition Is a False EPA Promise"
"Trust is in short supply that the EPA will follow through on promises to clean up uranium mine contamination that has sickened generations of Navajo people, tribal members told agency officials visiting a contaminated mining area on Friday in Arizona."
DOE Conditionally Approves $2.26 Billion Loan For Huge Nevada Lithium Mine
"President Joe Biden’s administration has conditionally agreed to loan more than $2 billion to the company building a controversial lithium mine in Nevada with the largest known U.S. deposit of the metal critical to making batteries for electric vehicles key to his renewable energy agenda."
"Your Tax Dollars May Be Funding The Expansion Of The Plastics Industry"
"Plastic manufacturers have received $9 billion in subsidies for new or bigger facilities since 2012."
"Pebble Sues EPA To Revive Southwest Alaska Copper And Gold Mine Prospect"
"The company behind the giant Pebble copper and gold mine project in Southwest Alaska filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday to overturn its decision last year to halt the mine."