Pediatric asthma ER visits dropped 40 percent after a coal processing plant near Pittsburgh closed down, researchers found. By Kiley Bense In 2015, when Karen Grzywinski heard that the Shenango Coke Works near Pittsburgh was closing after 54 years in operation, she didn’t believe it. Neither did her neighbors, someContinue Reading
Activists opposed to the Thacker Pass mine were ‘under the microscope’ for years. The post Law enforcement surveilled Nevada lithium mine protesters, according to records appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Six months after fire struck a giant lithium-ion battery storage facility, the EPA has endorsed a plan to remove the highly toxic, still-flammable batteries.Continue Reading
The GENIUS Act seeks to regulate stablecoin but will do nothing to curb energy-intensive cryptocurrency mining. Another option for minting crypto coins uses far less energy. By Phil McKenna Legislation currently making its way through Congress that proponents say will place much-needed guardrails on cryptocurrency will only exacerbate the industry’sContinue Reading
Anatomy of an anti-vax fact-check: Consider the Source, Check the Site, Confirm the Content. Who made the claim, who published it, where’s the evidence?Continue Reading
Mainstream media contributes significantly to the infectious spread of conspiracy fantasies. But it could hold the cure.Continue Reading