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A new report from The Hill says that pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and agriculture interests have combined to spend over $400 million lobbying Congress on a new farm bill.

After decades of pollution, redlining and disinvestment, Wyandotte County residents are demanding change and taking steps to make it happen.

Election primary wins for Gov. Jim Justice and Attorney General Patrick Morrisey leave West Virginia poised to stick with a fossil fuel-heavy energy status quo. But the electoral success of those two comes amid signs of an accelerating national energy transition.

Learn about the benefits of grass-fed meat, eggs, and milk, and how sustainable agriculture creates a healthier environment and a better product.

Electric vehicles are contributing to drivers developing health issues like motion sickness, nausea, and extreme fatigue. EV experts said the one-pedal throttles could be at fault.

Of the 371.7 million pounds of pollutants released, the study finds nitrogen accounted for 34.2 million pounds and phosphorus accounted for 5.1 million pounds. Both of these nutrients can harm plant and animal life in waterways when found in excess.

By: Robert Zullo - ( Michigan Advance ) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday released a sweeping set …

But the study by the Union of Concerned Scientists looked at just two percent of meat processing plants nationwide leaving the total figure terrifyingly uncertain.

"Tyson Foods dumped millions of pounds of toxic pollutants directly into American rivers and lakes over the last five years, threatening critical ecosystems, endangering wildlife and human health, a new investigation reveals."

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday released a sweeping set of rules aimed at cutting air, water and land pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants. Environmental and clean energy groups celebrated the announcement as long overdue, particularly for coal-burning power plants, which have saddled hundreds of communities across the country with dirty air and hundreds of […] The post New EPA rules will force fossil fuel power plants to cut pollution appeared first on Michi...