Trisha Marczak

Trisha Marczak is a Mint Press staff writer and investigative reporter specializing in the oil industry, environment, education and immigration. She has worked in Australia with several NGOs, and as a staff writer, reporter and an award-winning editor at various newspapers, magazines, and public radio stations throughout the Midwest. Contact Trisha at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter at @TrishaMarczakMP.

Child Labor Reported At Dangerous Gold Mines In Tanzania

Human Rights Watch has issued a report outlining concerns over child labor and mercury exposure in Tanzania’s small-scale gold mines.

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Por Trisha Marczak

Children as young as 11 years old in Tanzania are being subjected to dangerous gold mining conditions, leading to injury and long-term health conditions among young workers, according to a recent report published by Human Rights Watch. The gold mining industry in Tanzania is, lawfully speaking, off-limits to child workers, but that hasn’t stopped

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Flooded Fracking Sites In Colorado Raise Contamination Concerns

Chemical-laced fracking fluid and wastewater tanks have reportedly broken free at several submerged fracking sites.

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Por Trisha Marczak

Colorado residents hit hard by flooding are calling attention to flooded fracking wells, raising contamination concerns from chemically laced fracking fluid as fracking wastewater tanks drift through flooded portions of the state. East Boulder County United, a resident-based anti-fracking group, is at the forefront of the concern. As the area

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Why Arm Government Regulatory Bodies?

The number of armed officials in government agencies is on the rise even as regulators like the EPA stand accused of not doing their jobs.

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Por Trisha Marczak

When the Environmental Protection Agency sent armed agents to monitor whether a gold mine in Chicken, Alaska was complying with the Clean Water Act, residents throughout the nation questioned why a government body designed to monitor environmental issues was opting for military-style weapons to enforce regulations. A recent report issued by the

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Walmart To Drop Toxic Chemicals From Its Products — But Won’t Say Which Chemicals

The chemical safety consumer advocacy group that pushed for the change hopes the move marks a first step in the right direction for Walmart.

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Por Trisha Marczak

Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families is applauding Walmart for adhering -- at least in part -- to its Mind The Store campaign calling on the nation’s largest retailer to drop hazardous chemicals from its shelves. Yet Walmart’s compliance falls short of what the campaign calls for, highlighting a public relations move by a company that won’t even

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Who Are The ‘Oath Keepers’?

A new group of U.S. service-members vows to obey the Constitution, political allegiances be damned.

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Por Trisha Marczak

A diverse group of current and former servicemen and women from throughout the nation are banding together to defend the Constitution and they’re calling on their comrades to do the same -- to honor the Constitution above all else, government and political parties included. Launched by Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keepers, as the group is called, has

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Ethanol Proponents Accuse Oil Industry Of Forcing Out The Competition

Senators demand feds investigate allegations that gas station owners are being strong-armed by oil companies.

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Por Trisha Marczak
In this Feb. 13, 2012 photo, a gas station attendant pumps gas, in Portland, Ore. At an average of $3.51 a gallon, gas is up 23 percent since Jan. 1. And experts say motorists could pay a record $4.25 a gallon by late April. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Two senators from farmland states are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate allegations that oil companies pressured gas stations to rig the system to bump ethanol fuel out of the picture. The allegations claim oil companies targeted independent gas stations, convincing them to allow oil companies to work around federal standards

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Conservative Christians Leave Boy Scouts As Nation Moves Toward Acceptance

After the Boy Scouts of America announced they would accept gay scouts, splinter organizations formed in protest.

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Por Trisha Marczak

When the Boy Scouts of America announced they wouldn’t exclude males of homosexual orientation, Christian organizations began to second-guess their involvement in the American institution. Christian churches began to disassociate themselves with local Boy Scout chapters, particularly Catholic churches that had once offered their church buildings

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