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COVID-19 Response: The Roof And The Lights

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In Episode 36, we’re talking about the struggle to pay rents or mortgages and to keep the lights on during the pandemic. Because when money’s tight, people are forced to make choices. And some of those choices—about food and medicine—could interfere with their health and immune systems as we all try to avoid this virus.…

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COVID-19 Response: Environmental Protection Rollbacks

A very yellow sunset, with the sun eclipsed by a mountain range.

In Episode 37, we’re talking about companies and federal officials squeezing through changes to environmental regulation, oil and gas leases and laws about anti-pipeline demonstrators while the nation’s been focused on the pandemic. We hear from longtime state environment reporter Laura Paskus about the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to allow “regulated industries to use their…

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