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Last July, the normally warm and humid but still pleasant New England summer was disrupted by a series of unusually heavy rain storms. Flash floods broke creek banks and washed …
A Superfund for climate change? States consider a new way to make Big Oil pay Read More
Aircraft measurements of pollutants over the Athabasca tar sands in Alberta, Canada show levels exceeding industry reports by 1,900% to more than 6,300%, scientists revealed Thursday, underscoring the need for …
Air Pollution From Canadian Tar Sands Up to 6,300% Worse Than Industry Reports Read More
The anti-China restrictions imposed by the United States are paying dividends and, on one level in particular, Mexico has been the major beneficiary. Since the toughening of President Joe Biden’s …
Mexico set to surpass China as the largest exporter to the US in 2023 Read More
Deepak had been working at Amazon India for six years when he was offered an opportunity for an internal transfer to the company’s headquarters in Seattle. In June 2022, he …
U.S. tech layoffs sent Indian workers home to an even worse job market Read More
Both Republicans and Democrats in deep-red Louisiana have warmed up to the idea of carbon removal, a practice that involves capturing carbon dioxide from large industrial operations and storing it …
Oil-friendly Louisiana now has the power to approve carbon capture projects Read More
Private equity has pumped more than $1 trillion into the US healthcare sector in the last decade, with over 8,000 deals completed. But it isn’t panning out well for patients. A new study led …
Private equity ownership is bad for a hospital’s health Read More
WINNIPEG, Manitoba/OTTAWA, Jan 3 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces a setback for his climate-change action plan in conservative-leaning Saskatchewan, as provincial opposition mounts against the federal carbon …
Trudeau’s climate plan faces setback in Saskatchewan over carbon tax Read More
Surgery by Christopher Mouré and Shai Gorsky to explore what takes the not out of not-for-profit healthcare in the US. At the end of November 2023, the New York Times …
Unhealthy profits Read More
Aidee Guzman, 30, grew up the daughter of immigrants in California’s Central Valley, among massive fields of monocrops that epitomize intense, industrial agriculture. Her parents were farmworkers, and despite spending …
Soil Builds Prosperity From the Ground Up Read More
Just weeks after the deadliest wildfire in modern U.S. history ripped through the coastal town of Lāhainā, Native Hawaiian taro farmers, environmentalists, and other residents of West Maui crowded into …
The libertarian developer looming over West Maui’s water conflict Read More