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The Shell Norco refinery in Norco, Louisiana, Thursday, March 8, 2018.

A new interactive map can help assess carcinogenic emissions risk

Health & Medicine

The nonprofit investigative newsroom ProPublica recently created an interactive map that highlights the EPA’s failure to account for cumulative cancer risk for Americans who live near several industrial facilities.

Canadian oil company seeks to expand pipelines other than Keystone XL

Environment

Two-year-old Michigan oil spill still not completely cleaned up, yields large fine

Environment

A Pulitzer for the Climate

The Cleanup, the Media and ExxonMobil

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