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good article in Harper's Mag about  fracking waste often being radioactive "A Good Company" by Justin Nobel" is the article in Harper' magazine 2025.  You may need to pay to see it.    Petroleum 238: Big Oil's Dangerous Secret and...

More toxic chemicals are released during plastics recycling.  And loil cos. push more plastics and recycling in order to develop a demand for more oil to pro duce plastics. They do this , in case demand for oil falls. New...

link  " EPA gave a Chevron refinery approval to make a fuel that could leave people nearby with a 1-in-4 lifetime risk of cancer"  This would occur in a community already poisoned by many other industrial facilities.   "“So-called ‘chemical recycling’ has been touted...

Link Science News  dental floss, makeup,  sunscreen, carpets, stain resistant clothing, textiles, paints, fast food. packaging, microwave popcorn  bags, firefighting foam, ...

link    Per Year: 8 million people killed,    600 million trees cut down  (200,000 hectares of land clearcut), 20 milloion tons of water used to grow tobacco,4.5 trillion filters littered, 6 trillion cigarettes,  lots of batteries and cartridges for...

    Link to videos at the Symposium on the Clean up of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant ( 4-23-22).  Link

Nation article They try to overpower local residents and to build giant polluting factories, to have new markets for their oil production.

Tribal Court Case Against Line 3 Pipeline Is First to Invoke “Rights of Nature Update

Propublica story .  Utility company wants to leave its toxic coal fly ash in unlined pits.  One pit has over 16 million tons of this toxic coal ash.  "samples had revealed concerning levels of boron, calcium and sulfate — all indicators...

Great article.  Giant ponds of radioactive waste are kept here under the loophole of recycling it. The mill gets some uranium out of the waste, and then the mill puts the  tons of leftover waste into toxic ponds, some of which only...

article  Here are lists of things that cause air pollution in your home. There are links to more info at the end.

Bill McKibben on climate change and environmental justice.  Lower income people get asthma and lung disease from  the pollution from oil and gas; they also suffer the most from storms, floods, droughts. Young people leading.  Britain's largest pension fund is divesting...

article This refinery leaks PFAS next to lower income homes in Denver.  many people are getting cancer in the neighborhood.  The oil refinery also leaks benzene.

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/6/29/louisiana_formosa_plastics_cancer_alley

https://grist.org/fix/want-to-prevent-the-next-pandemic-this-doctor-is-prescribing-climate-action Fighting Big Oil and Climate Change will prevent air and water pollution and toxic waste.   https://grist.org/climate/world-health-leaders-are-calling-for-a-green-recovery-from-coronavirus   Here is Colorado, the Suncor refinery keeps  spilling toxic solvents into the rivers, groundwater , and the air.  Daily Camera .  ...

https://grist.org/justice/epa-consent-decrees-are-supposed-to-hold-polluters-accountable-will-coronavirus-get-them-off-the-hook stop cleaning up the toxic emissions into the Mississippi River and into the air; and clean up  the lead in neighboring homes. enforcement and inspections down 70%. https://grist.org/justice/will-state-level-environmental-enforcement-survive-the-pandemic more fracking permits and more pollution of neighboring communities https://grist.org/energy/coronavirus-has-states-hitting-pause-except-when-it-comes-to-oil-and-gas-drilling fracking flowback...

Plus military focuses on wars over oil, minerals, water, land, and shipping routes.  It protects oil fields, refineries, pipelines, and shipping routes.  It controls rivals’ access to oil and refined oil.  It sets prices to enrich US and allies and to weaken rivals....

Here is one interview. The Water Knife is a detective thriller set amidst drought refugees and physical battles between cities over water.  It has romance, murder, gangs, chases, and journalists. The Windup Girl is about a future of GMOs, rising sea...

  Please click and comment to the EPA ant the Amy Corps of Engineers. Here is an alert from the Waterkeepers. The last chance to comment on a Trump administration proposal that would gut the Clean Water Act is April 15....