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Posted inSystem Failure

Trump’s pullback of pollution controls is even more hazardous than you think

by Joe Wertz October 27, 2020January 28, 2022

This story was published in partnership with Vox. The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates betrayals of public trust. Sign up to receive our stories. The Permian Basin is one of the most prolific oil and gas plays in the world, responsible for more than a third of the United States’ oil and […]

Posted inBarriers to the Ballot Box

On the ground in Iowa during a dress rehearsal for the November election

by Zachary Fryer-Biggs and Joe Wertz October 7, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inNewsletters

Climate change drives natural disasters, and inequality

by Joe Wertz October 2, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

How big farms got a government pass on air pollution

by Joe Wertz September 16, 2020January 28, 2022
A scene from the aftermath of the West, Texas, explosion.
Posted inEnvironment

The fertilizer that might have caused the Beirut explosion is all over the U.S. It’s unevenly regulated.

by Joe Wertz August 5, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inInequality

COVID-19 didn’t affect this company financially. It still got a $893k federal loan

by Kathryn Kranhold and Joe Wertz May 8, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inCoronavirus and Inequality

The government’s secret ventilator stockpile is nowhere near enough to fight the coronavirus

by Zachary Fryer-Biggs, Joe Wertz and Liz Essley Whyte March 24, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inGrowing Food, Sowing Trouble

A common fertilizer can cause explosions. Uneven regulation puts people at risk.

by Jim Morris and Joe Wertz January 29, 2020April 17, 2023
Posted inEnvironment

Farming’s growing problem

by Joe Wertz January 22, 2020March 9, 2023
Posted inEnvironment

Statehouses, not the sun, drive solar energy gaps

by Joe Wertz May 2, 2019January 28, 2022

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