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In 1976, American animator Bob Boyle helped launch a campaign against Hudson River pollution. 39 years later, EPA's cleanup had removed more than 3 million cubic yards of PCB-contaminated sedimentIn 1976, American animator Bob Boyle helped launch a campaign against Hudson River pollution. The record shows that Robert H. “Bob” Boyle w...- In 1886, Gilman grew from a mining camp into a Colorado mining town; after contamination concerns in 1984, remaining residents were removed in 1985Nestled high in the Rockies, Gilman, Colorado, was abandoned due to severe mining contamination. Years of mining left the land marred by to...
- In 1913, lead turned Picher from Oklahoma farmland into a town of about 14,000; more than a century later, the town has no permanent residents, and toxic chat piles remain in Ottawa CountyPicher, Oklahoma, experienced rapid growth as a mining hub following the discovery of lead and zinc in 1913. However, this prosperity came ...
- In 1982, a deadly flood exposed one of America's worst toxic disasters. Here's what happened to Times Beach, MissouriTimes Beach faced a major environmental disaster due to dioxin-contaminated waste oil. Flooding in 1982 spread the toxic contamination acro...
- As Trump's EPA ends 'environmental justice,' minority communities may pay a priceThe Trump administration withdrew a lawsuit against a Louisiana chloroprene-emitting plant, raising concerns in the predominantly Black com...
- To understand Trump and Biden, look to Reagan and CarterAs Donald Trump prepares to reverse Joe Biden's climate initiatives, a historical parallel emerges with Ronald Reagan's undoing of Jimmy Ca...
- US government shutdown: What closes, what stays open?All eyes are the Congress now. Here is what will happen if it fails to provide funding for the fiscal year starting October 1.
- New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss inherits an economic stormShe inherits an ailing economy on the brink of a potentially long recession, with record inflation that's forecast to worsen in coming mont...
- Obama speeds projects to create, save 600,000 jobsPresident Barack Obama said accelerated stimulus spending would create or save 600,000 jobs pledging action to slow unemployment growth. Fi...
- Obama promises more than 600,000 stimulus jobsPresident Barack Obama promised to deliver more than 600,000 jobs through his $787 billion stimulus plan this summer, with federal agencies...
- How great traders make moneyThrough using a basic trading technique called trend following, many have experienced consistent positive performance over the past decades.
- Oil slips as markets question impact of output cutOil prices slipped below $43 as investors questioned whether a big production cut, expected to be announced by OPEC next week, will be able...
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