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Sudsed: The FDA steps down a long road toward banning antibacterial hand soap

Will this happen? We won't know for three years. Would it be a good thing? Yes.

Heather Smith Technology

Right-wingers and dirty energy corporations secretly spending mega-millions on climate denial

Looks like the Koch brothers, ExxonMobil, et al. are now funneling their climate-denier funding through innocuous-sounding foundations.

Ben Adler Technology

8 edible gifts you can make at home

Gift-giving isn't a competition -- but if it were, these homemade treats would blow all of the other gifts out of the water.

Sarah Jampel Culture

California is giving Tesla another huge tax break. Good move

Luxury electric-car maker Tesla is getting a $34.7 billion tax break from California.

Will Oremus Technology

Obama’s green record: Some small victories, one gaping flop

The president has followed through on some of his environmental promises. But as long as he's also letting the climate go to hell, those achievements won't matter.

Heather Smith Climate & Energy

Chicago cracks down on piles of tar-sands waste

After months of citizens complaining about petcoke blowing into their neighborhoods, Mayor Rahm Emanual is forcing shipping terminals to clean up their acts.

John Upton Technology

Water & oil: One battle to save the Sacred Headwaters ends, another begins

In the conclusion to our series, Shell Canada makes a surprising move in Northern B.C., and residents look to what's next.

Ted Alvarez Culture

New Mexico suing to block horse slaughter

The state's attorney general is filing a lawsuit to stop a slaughterhouse from killing horses for meat.

John Upton Food

China launches world’s second-biggest carbon-trading market

Europe, watch your back.