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Environment
EPA head shifts makeup of panel science advisers
by
Scott Tong
Nov 1, 2017
Pruitt is installing new science advisors who have a history of being more industry friendly.
Hurricane recovery for an unauthorized immigrant in Houston has added obstacles
by
Andy Uhler
Oct 25, 2017
Challenges like housing, transportation and finances are especially difficult.
The $2 billion question: Spend on fighting fires or preventing them?
by
Adriene Hill
and Shaheen Ainpour
Oct 24, 2017
A professor of fire ecology discusses the trade-offs in one of the costliest fire seasons in memory.
The emerging demand for "greener" aluminum
Oct 20, 2017
Can U.S. aluminum producers that use hydroelectricity distinguish their products from many Chinese producers, by touting their lower carbon footprint?
China wants nothing to do with America's trash
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Shaheen Ainpour
Oct 17, 2017
It will no longer import recycled scrap from the U.S. So what do we do with it?
Undocumented residents not eligible for FEMA cash payments after disasters
by
Andy Uhler
Oct 17, 2017
After Hurricane Harvey, the hundreds of thousands of undocumented people living in the Houston area will have to find financial relief in other ways.
Houston is trying to get buyout offers to homeowners quickly
by
Andy Uhler
Oct 11, 2017
After hurricanes, government officials buy homes that are "hopelessly at risk" for future flooding and demolish them.
For public good, not for profit.
If there has been a war on coal, Obama’s Clean Power Plan was never the main front
by
Scott Tong
Oct 10, 2017
The Environmental Protection Agency has started the process to repeal the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era measure to reduce emissions from power plants. In his announcement, Scott Pruitt characterized the repeal as an end to a “war on coal.” But in the real world of energy markets, not a whole lot is expected to change. […]
Virgin Islands schools set to open as hurricane recovery continues
Oct 9, 2017
The U.S. Virgin Islands remain devastated after two category 5 hurricanes hit within two weeks of each other in September. Many residents are still without shelter, power or internet. But the territory’s roughly 14,000 public school students, who had barely started their school year before Irma hit, will begin returning to their classrooms this week. […]
Midwestern farmers are tied to a Gulf dead zone
by
Annie Baxter
Oct 9, 2017
Minnesota is trying to limit runoff carried by the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.