(RNS) — An image helped me see. Fuzzy, tiny, black and white, the picture flickered across the screen of an old television, atop a cart set at the front of the church sanctuary where I was sitting.

The Environmental Protection Agency has dropped the practice of valuing human lives in setting limits on deadly air pollutants, now counting only the costs to companies. The EPA, led by President ...

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. A Californian’s life was worth $100 million to certain investor-owned utilities. That is ...