As artificial intelligence guzzles water supplies and jacks up consumers’ electricity rates, why isn’t anyone tracking the resources being consumed?
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A Tacoma Community Sees Environmental Racism in Warehouse Project
Construction is under way in a city neighborhood already harmed by decades of air and water pollution.
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Flint’s Never-Ending Water Crisis and ‘Punishment Nightmare’
Corporate executives meet in Paris, Washington delays restitution, and the city dithers over pipe replacements.
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From Flint to East Palestine and Back
Ohio and Pennsylvania residents want the tools to study long-term health impacts from the 2023 freight train derailment. But East Palestine hasn’t seen the money.
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Water Democracies
Four-hundred-year-old acequia systems of the Southwest are changing how communities cope with water scarcity.
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Getting the Lead Out
The Biden administration sets a goal of removing all lead water pipes throughout the country in the next ten years.
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Jackson Out of Sight as Mississippi Goes to the Polls
The state’s water crisis hasn’t fully abated, but nobody’s talking about it on the campaign trail.
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Dow’s River
On the Brazos River in Texas, one chemical company reigns supreme.
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Whose Test Results Should East Palestine Believe?
With their long-term credibility on the line, environmental and health officials need to agree upon more comprehensive testing protocols.
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The Government Does a Bad Job Assessing Toxic Exposures
The history of the captured federal agencies that reassure the public after chemical disasters should give East Palestine residents pause.