Renee Lewis/Vice News LOVING COUNTY, Texas — Every day, about 10,000 cars, trucks, and oil tankers race along U.S. Route … More
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Are Wooden High-Rises the Real Deal?
By Renee Lewis Source Earther.com Wooden skyscrapers are fast becoming a trend in sustainable construction, with dozens planned across the … More
The entire West Coast may soon have a price on carbon
By Renee Lewis Source Earther.com Oregon and Washington state are both considering bills in their 2018 legislative sessions that would … More
Michigan’s Most Polluted Neighborhood Demands Justice From Big Oil
By Renee Lewis / Source Earther.com Fed-up residents in Michigan’s most polluted zip code say the tar sands refinery next door is … More
Blanketing California in Fire Retardant Is Potentially Very Harmful
By Renee Lewis / Source Earther.com As a firestorm rages across Southern California near the end of one of the … More
Salting Roads Saves Lives, but Takes a Major Environmental Toll …
By Renee Lewis / Source Earther.com This winter, around 17 million tons of rock salt from mines in the U.S. and all over … More
Firefighting Goats Devour Fuel Across the West Before it can Burn
By: Renee Lewis / Source: Earther.com Roslyn, WA—After one of the worst fire seasons in recent memory in the Pacific Northwest this … More
US response to Hurricane Maria treats Puerto Ricans like second-class citizens
By Renee Lewis / Source TRT World US President Donald Trump tossed out rolls of paper towels to a crowd … More
The Long Decline in Crop Nutrition is Growing into a Bigger Problem Thanks to Climate Change
By Nathaneal Johnson / Source Project Earth Veggies and grains are becoming more like junk food, thanks to rising CO2.There’s … More
National Weather Service Adds New Rainfall Category for Hurricane Harvey
By Bill Chapel / Source NPR The colors the National Weather Service uses to show rainfall on its weather map … More
