Abrahm Lustgarten

1 month ago | propublica.org | Sharon Lerner |Abrahm Lustgarten |Mark Olalde |Lisa Song

For decades, Republican lawmakers and industry lobbyists have tried to chip away at the small program in the Environmental Protection Agency that measures the threat of toxic chemicals. Most people don’t know IRIS, as the program is called, but it is the scientific engine of the agency that protects human health and the environment. Its scientists assess the toxicity of chemicals, estimating the amount of each that triggers cancer and other health effects.

1 month ago | rsn.org | Abrahm Lustgarten

One of President Donald Trump’s most damaging strikes at the foundation of U.S. climate policy is buried deep in a sweeping Inauguration Day executive order focused on “Unleashing American Energy.” Half way through the lengthy document is a directive that would obliterate an obscure but critically important calculation the government uses to gauge the real-world costs that climate change is imposing on the U.S. economy.

2 months ago | propublica.org | Abrahm Lustgarten |Mark Olalde |Sharon Lerner |Lizzie Presser

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2 months ago | flipboard.com | Abrahm Lustgarten

7 hours agoA Furious Trump Is Learning That Food Prices Are Out of His ControlWhy Trump and the Republicans are struggling to lower prices Last week, new data dropped showing that inflation has hit a seven-month high, driven in …4 hours agoShocking deep sea discovery made in area where Bible says Moses parted Red SeaScientists who have been exploring the Red Sea have discovered natural death traps in the region now believed to be the location where Moses parted the waters.

2 months ago | tucsonsentinel.com | Abrahm Lustgarten

This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Houses in the Altadena and Pacific Palisades neighborhoods were still ablaze when talk turned to the cost of the Los Angeles firestorms and who would pay for it. Now it appears that the total damage and economic loss could be more than $250 billion.