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Democrats in the state are divided over two proposed initiatives that would curb fracking near homes and give cities more regulatory power.
A venture capital firm specializing in medicine (what else?) has named a computer program to its board of directors.
Organic farmer Paul Hain wants to ban fracking in San Benito County, Calif. A local ballot initiative may help him get his wish.
In 1910, African Americans owned over 15 million acres in the former slave-holding states, much of it along the coasts. Few of them reaped the bounty as those lands were transformed into beach towns and resorts.
The shrimp farming industry gets a bad rap, but it might be greener than you think -- and we eat enough of the stuff that it's worth getting right.
Speaking at a D-Day commemoration in France, President Obama said, “This was democracy's beachhead.” But on that day 70 years ago, black people were being swept off the coasts in the U.S.
What do the NBA, Mark Ruffalo, Al Gore, and Guns 'N Roses have in common? They’ve all signed on to #climate, a new app that connects influencers to climate causes.
Ezra Klein recently declared that we've lost the climate fight. We beg to differ.
Is the Upper East Side surpassing Brooklyn in coolness, as some commentators claim? No, and here's why.
