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Defense, Denial, and Disinformation: Uncovering the Oil Industry’s Early Knowledge of Climate Change  Starting in the 1950s, the oil industry designated funds to research the effects of pollution on the environment. For example, the 1954 American Petroleum Institute (API) article “The Petroleum Industry Sponsors Air Pollution Research” suggested that smog was the product of a […]

Smog episodes due to the combination of industrial pollutants and atmospheric conditions in the Great Smog of London, lethal smog that covered the city of London for five days, from December 5 to December 9, in 1952. It was caused by a combination of industrial pollution and high-pressure weather conditions. The smoke and fog brought

Pervasive smog in New York City and Los Angeles, the Santa Barbara oil spill, and the Cuyahoga River fires made headlines and frightened Americans across the country.  During the late 1960s, an “environmental crisis” took shape as a series of environmental catastrophes and revelatory books transformed the American environmental consciousness. Soon before the crisis took

Donora, Pa., was enveloped in a lethal haze in October of 1948, over five days, nearly half of the town’s 14,000 resident’s experienced severe respiratory or cardiovascular problems. It was difficult to breathe. The death toll rose to nearly 40.  The situation in Donora was extreme, but it reflected a trend. Air pollution had become

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Roland and her attorney, Bobby Samini, have filed a series of lawsuits against the International Churches of Christ – abbreviated as ICOC – which allege that its leaders failed to report as well as plotted to conceal the sexual and emotional abuse of women and children who worshipped alongside them. One of the lawsuits is

RELIGION AND SEXUAL ABUSE According to statistics, over 30 million children are sexually abused each year. If we factor into the equation that over 60 % of children never disclose abuse, the real number is likely significantly higher. FOLLOW: https://www.josephbonner.com/post/religions-role-in-the-sexual-abuse-of-children-globally

Child sexual abuse is all too prevalent. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sexual abuse affects 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 13 boys in their childhood. Religious institutions, which commonly rely on volunteers and hold a high degree of trust, are especially susceptible to allegations of child sexual abuse. In

Nearly 1,700 priests and other clergy members that the Roman Catholic Church considers credibly accused of child sexual abuse are living under the radar with little to no oversight from religious authorities or law enforcement, decades after the first wave of the church abuse scandal roiled U.S. dioceses, an Associated Press investigation has found. LINK: