NewsEnvironment, Politics Young People Feel Betrayed by Adults Over the Climate Crisis. Today, They’re Going on Strike. “They think threatening us with arrest and suspension will stop us, but it won’t,” said Tierney. “The climate crisis is way more frightening than that.” Sharon LernerThe InterceptMarch 15, 2019
NewsEnvironment, Health Chemours is Using the U.S. as an Unregulated Dump for Europe’s Toxic GenX Waste After many years of treating the developing world as its environmental dumping ground, the U.S. is finally getting a taste of what it feels like to be on the receiving end of another country’s dangerous garbage. Sharon LernerThe InterceptFebruary 1, 2019
NewsHealth Some Doctors Are Standing by Discontinued Contraceptive Device The permanent contraceptive Essure went off sale December 31—a relief to the activists known as “E-Sisters,” who came together around symptoms they linked to the device. Jennifer BlockJanuary 31, 2019
NewsLabor, Politics How the Trash Industry Worked Overtime Trying to Thwart New York City’s Reform Plans A push against a zoning proposal involved a trade group helmed by a man convicted in a bid-rigging scheme; $500,000 to a lobbying firm that drafted legislation; and a lawmaker who was recently in business with one of the major haulers. Kiera FeldmanProPublicaDecember 31, 2018
NewsPolitics, World Months After An Ethnic Cleansing Campaign, Fresh Violence Rocks Congo Ahead of Election Attacks picked up again in late September, when 29 soldiers and civilians were killed in a series of military assaults, according to a fact sheet issued by the Parliamentary Caucus of Ituri Province and obtained by VICE News. Nick TurseDecember 21, 2018
NewsPolitics Private Construction-Waste Truck Hits Man Outside de Blasio Event The mayor has touted pedestrian safety as a core aim of his mayoralty, and the crash comes as his administration is pushing a major reform that it says will improve the safety records of the army of private commercial garbage trucks that crisscross the city’s streets. Kiera FeldmanProPublicaDecember 18, 2018
NewsEnvironment, Health DuPont Has Spread Its Pollutants Around the World. Now it Wants to Filter Your Contaminated Water. “They profited off the environmental contamination and now can profit on cleaning it up. It’s quite a feat.” Sharon LernerThe InterceptDecember 11, 2018
NewsEnvironment, Politics Trump’s Attack on the Clean Water Act Will Fuel Destructive Pipeline Boom A wide range of industries — including agriculture, mining, waste management, chemical companies, real estate development, and road construction — will be free to pollute, reroute, and pave over these waterways as they see fit. Sharon LernerThe InterceptDecember 9, 2018
NewsEnvironment, Politics EPA’s New Water Rule Will Gut The Clean Water Act According to the rule that the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to release next week, streams that are dependent on rainfall and wetlands not physically connected to year-round waterways will no longer be covered by the Clean Water Act. Sharon LernerThe InterceptDecember 7, 2018
NewsEnvironment, Health PFOA and PFOS Cause Lower Sperm Counts and Smaller Penises There’s a new reason to be concerned about PFOA and PFOs, toxic chemicals used in nonstick pans, waterproof products, and firefighting foam. Sharon LernerThe InterceptNovember 30, 2018