A pivotal EPA study provided the rationale for exemptions that helped unleash the fracking boom. The science was suppressed to protect industry interests.
The school district has a higher percentage of special education students than the state average. Could it be because of the manganese in the town's air?
East Liverpool school district has a higher percentage of special education students than the state average. Could it be because of the manganese in the town's air?
For decades, chemical companies used Toms River as their private dumping ground for their toxic waste. Then the town's residents started asking questions.
Pennsylvania’s environmental justice program was created before the state’s fracking boom began. So none of the state’s more than 10,000 shale gas wells were ever subject to it. Some environmentalists think it’s time that changes.