As income inequality in the U.S. continues its ascent, Republican lawmakers in several states are pushing increasingly regressive tax agendas that only promise to benefit top earners while burdening states’ poorest residents. An analysis by the New York Times published Friday notes that “of the 10 or so Republican governors who have proposed tax increases,…
Fracking triggered hundreds of small earthquakes along a previously unmapped fault in eastern Ohio late last year, according to a new study to be published in the journal Seismological Research Letters. Looking at data from National Science Foundation seismographs located near fracking sites, scientists from Instrumental Software Technologies, Inc. (ISTI) and the Ohio Department of…
The mayor of Toledo, Ohio on Monday morning announced that in conjuncture with the state EPA he was lifting the emergency “do not drink” order that had left nearly half a million city and nearby residents without water over the weekend following the detection of dangerous levels of microcystin, a toxin created by algae blooms…
