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Critics say the move could jeopardize the livelihoods of delivery workers and are pushing to make charging safer, easier and more affordable.
How the proposal to connect federal research agencies and improve wildfire research crashed and burned.
A growing number of initiatives in Detroit are working to redefine outdoor activities as acts of liberation.
Texas turned disaster aid for Harvey into a competition. Guess who’s losing out?
Environmental groups think it could be a ‘super-motivator’ for 2 million voters.
Almost half of products cleared so far under the new federal biofuels program are not in fact biofuels — and the EPA acknowledges that the plastic-based ones may present an “unreasonable risk” to human health or the environment.
Georgia police are invoking a 2017 terrorism law against activists accused of little more than trespassing.
Fires scorched the country in March. Is ‘wildfire season’ a thing of the past?
A new generation of reactors promises a nuclear energy renaissance, but critics say the U.S. needs to figure out what to do about its radioactive garbage.
