The department is already facing criticism for an op-ed Perry wrote criticizing the Affordable Care Act.Energy Secretary Rick Perry. CREDIT: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin
The Department of Energy’s official press Twitter account apparently wants you to know two things: that there is a fight going on between climate scientists and Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, and that Perry is supposedly winning.
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Democratic senators introduce bill to ban insecticide linked to brain damage
Farmworkers and children are most at risk.Congressional members and activists call for congressional action on banning pesticides in Washington, D.C. on July 25, 2017. CREDIT: Esther Yu Hsi Lee/ThinkProgress
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three years ago, neurological issues turned family life upside down for Alex B., a 24-year-old Oregonian, when his father, a longtime farmworker who picked broccoli, celery, and...
Three local governments are taking fossil fuel giants to court over climate deception
Two California counties and one town are suing fossil fuel companies for damages related to sea level rise.Waves pound a wall near buildings in Pacifica, CA. CREDIT: AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File
Two California counties and one California city have filed a lawsuit against 37 of the world’s biggest fossil fuel producers, seeking payment for damages brought by climate change.
The three localities are...
Nuns are suing to stop a pipeline—because they believe the earth is sacred
A win could change the way environmentalists fight pipelines.CREDIT: iStock
A group of Pennsylvania Catholic nuns are suing to protect their land from potential pipeline construction an unusual legal argument: religious liberty, specifically one popularized by right-wing Christians.
As the Washington Post’s Julie Zauzmer reported over the weekend, a group of nuns in Columbia, Pennsylvania are fi...