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Senate Votes To Give FDA Regulatory Power Over Tobacco
"MLK Jr.’s Fight for Civil Rights Was an Environmental Battle as Well"
"Terms like “environmental racism” or “environmental justice” were not yet part of the national lexicon when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis on April 4, 1968."
"Mother of Missing U.S. Journalist Asks Syria’s New Leaders for Help"
"The mother of Austin Tice, an American journalist abducted in Syria, said on Monday that she had met with Syria’s new leader in Damascus and expressed hope that “a page will be turned” in the more than decade-long search for her son."
"Moss Landing, The World’s Biggest Grid Battery, Just Caught Fire Again"
"Vistra’s flagship energy-storage project in California turned into a towering inferno, forcing evacuations and raising fresh concerns about large battery installations."
"LA Wildfires: The Incarcerated Firefighters Battling Blazes"
"Here's how about a thousand people incarcerated by the state of California ended up on the frontlines battling the LA area wildfires"
Storm-Hit Town Voted For Trump, Who Vowed To Overturn Law To Fix Its Homes
"Donald Trump has said he will overturn a law that helps communities better weather the effects of climate change. If he follows through, he’ll be reversing an initiative that has disproportionately benefited areas that make up his base."
"EPA Staff Directory Reveals Trump Appointees"
"Former Trump administration officials and allies of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead EPA have popped up in that agency’s online staff directory as political appointees."
"Trump Targeted Scientists in His First Term. This Time, They’re Prepared."
"Agencies and unions have put in place new guardrails designed to limit political interference in government research."