Stories tagged: "environment"

Environment Report Finds 70% of Public Housing Is Located Near Toxic Waste Sites

Seventy percent of hazardous waste sites, including ones in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, are located within one mile of public housing, report finds.

Environment AG Shapiro: Pennsylvania Failed to Regulate the Fracking Industry and Put Citizens at Risk

“The bottom line is this was a failure,” Shapiro said. “Regulators were supposed to prevent abuse by the big corporations ... but they didn’t.”

Environment Pollution Can Be Life or Death for COVID-19 Patients. That’s Triggered a New Fight for Cleaner Air.

The Trump administration is easing restrictions on air pollution. Now a study links air pollution to higher risk for death with coronavirus.