InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Health, Politics Chemours Lobbied EPA To Avert Use of Natural Refrigerants Chemours, which had spun off from DuPont in 2015, wanted EPA’s help ensuring a “level playing field” against natural competitors. Sharon LernerThe InterceptAugust 27, 2018
NewsBusiness, Labor Sanitation Salvage Ordered to Halt Trash Collections The Business Integrity Commission suspended the license of one of New York’s biggest garbage haulers after it was involved in two fatal accidents and a spate of collisions. Kiera FeldmanProPublicaAugust 24, 2018
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Will Shareholders Lose the Right to Sue? A top SEC official says companies should be allowed to force shareholders into arbitration; advocates call it a blow to corporate accountability. Susan AntillaThe InterceptAugust 21, 2018
NewsBusiness, Labor “Yo, Take the Rap for Me”: More Trouble for a Garbage Hauler This time, an unlicensed employee was behind the wheel of a Sanitation Salvage truck when it smashed head-on into a sedan on a Bronx street. Kiera FeldmanProPublicaAugust 20, 2018
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Health Worse Than Lead? The chemical industry strikes again, shifting from lead to flame retardants that also sicken and kill. Jamie Lincoln KitmanThe NationAugust 15, 2018
NewsBusiness, Labor A Fatal Accident Leads to Broader Questions About NYC Trash Hauler’s Operations A ProPublica inquiry sparked by the death of a motorist in Brooklyn shows the trash company involved is headquartered on land owned by someone banned from the industry years ago. Kiera FeldmanProPublicaAugust 13, 2018
NewsBusiness, Labor The Sanitation Industry’s Safety Record Is Again an Issue The company whose truck was involved in the fatal accident in Brooklyn has repeatedly been cited for safety violations. Kiera FeldmanProPublicaAugust 2, 2018
InvestigationPolitics, World A Slaughter in Silence How a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign in DRC was made worse by Trump's "America First" policies and the world's neglect. Nick TurseViceAugust 1, 2018
InvestigationWorld The Survivors of Ituri’s Ethnic Cleansing Campaign Sometimes, the best thing a reporter can do is simply get out of the way and let people tell their own stories in their own words. Nick TurseViceAugust 1, 2018
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Health 3M Knew About Dangers of Toxic Chemicals Decades Ago Internal studies and other documents show that 3M knew by the 1970s that PFOA and PFOS were toxic and accumulating in people's blood. Sharon LernerThe InterceptJuly 31, 2018