The Toxic Loophole Behind A Chemical Plant Disaster
In the years before the catastrophic BioLab chemical fire this week, chemical industry lobbyists fought to ensure disaster-prevention rules didn’t cover such facilities.
Climate Change
Before Hurricane Helene, A Perfect Storm Of Climate Denialism
North Carolina was once a climate leader, but more than a decade of Republican and corporate obstruction left the state ill-prepared for the historic disaster.
Deadly Harvest: The Hidden Costs Of Your Filet-O-Fish
In one of the world’s most valuable fisheries, regulators with conflicts of interest are letting corporations off the hook.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Good Regulators Come For Bad Medicine
Antimonopolists are coming for meddling drug middlemen and lousy landlords, the tide turns on overdoses, and carbon goes under the sea.
Rise Of The Insurance Apocalypse
How climate change is breaking down the global safety net for handling life’s risks.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: A School Lending Bully Gets Expelled
Plus, the hearing-aid cartel gets muted, the country’s busiest streets are going fossil-free, and interest rates sink while spirits rise.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Mother Earth Shares Her Power
Plus, mental health comes for the people, more states fight the big tax scam, and busting union busters makes workers feel good.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: A Dam Good Idea
Plus, AI gets reined in, Mississippi thinks of the children, and electric school buses power on.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: National Parks Score A Monumental Gift
Plus, sustainable housing is going up, diabetes patients get high-tech help, and abortion rights can’t wait.
Justice, Brought To You By Big Oil
Texas is opening a fossil fuel-backed business court stacked with judges who’ve represented oil and gas companies.