Category Archives: Environment

The Obama administration just announced a 20-year federal ban “on new mining claims affecting a million acres near the Grand Canyon, an area known to be rich in high-grade uranium ore reserves,” as The Associated Press writes. And “in doing … Continue reading →

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An MPs’ inquiry into protecting the Arctic from exploitation through oil and gas drilling has been launched.

The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in a case near and dear to EPA haters. It would seem to be a David-and-Goliath case that pits a middle-class American couple trying to build their dream home against the Environmental Protection … Continue reading →

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Melissa Block interviews John Armbruster, a seismologist with Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, part of Columbia University, about why he believes the waste from fracking in Ohio has led to the earthquakes there. He says the injection of waste water from the … Continue reading →

An appeals court in Ecuador upheld an $18 billion ruling against Chevron Corp. on Tuesday for oil pollution in the Amazon rain forest more than two decades ago.