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The EPA tightens limits on soot, predicting huge health benefits

Nice that the government can take regulatory action in the face of lobbying to keep people alive sometimes, isn't it?

Judge reverses course, lets Keystone XL construction continue

Unfortunately, TransCanada's "oil is oil" logic worked in the courts this time around. But pipeline opponents get another hearing next week.

Mississippi River faces shipping closure as water levels drop

Drought has brought water levels in the Mississippi close to historic lows, threatening to close this crucial transport route.

New Soot Standard Will Protect Public Health, Environment

(click image to enlarge) As a mom, I can’t imagine how scary it would be to watch your child struggle to breathe. That’s why I’m so thankful that today the Environmental Protection Agency has announced new air quality standards for soot that will save thousands of lives and billions of dollars. Soot is one of […]

Greenpeace has pressured Levi’s into making its jeans less toxic

Levi's is always talking about how eco-friendly it is. Now it's going to actually to try to not pump poison into the ground.

Global life expectancies increase as infectious diseases and hunger wane

But now more people are growing obese and getting diseases like cancer and diabetes.

Idiot misinterprets draft U.N. climate report, shares his idiocy with the world

Climate denier Alex Rawls leaked the IPCC's forthcoming report, erroneously claiming that one sentence in it undermines climate science.

This 86-year-old great-grandpa loves biking so much that he became a paperboy

This is our kind of Christmas miracle story.

Super-cute new primate species is already almost extinct

Take a good hard look at that photo, because it might be the last one you see: This new official species is already badly endangered.

Midwestern cities are setting new records for days without snow

Please adjust the expectations of your Christmas carols accordingly.