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A reader inquires about bovine flatulence. Umbra lets it rip.
A reader worries that her banana peels are giving off bad gas. Umbra forks over some scrappy advice.
ERM, which wrote the environmental study on Keystone XL, did dodgy and deceptive stuff, but none of it amounted to serious rule breaking, says the State Department's inspector general.
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The National Trust for Historic Preservation argues in favor of smaller, older buildings. But big, new projects are critical to healthy cities as well.
New research finds that infants born near fracking wells in Pennsylvania had lower birth weights and more health concerns than other newborns.
An Australian agency has given Indian and Australian coal mining companies permission to dump silt from a dredging project in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Hawaii lawmakers have stepped in to protect Monsanto, Syngenta, and other ag giants from local laws that restrict their operations.
Farmers today don't muddy rivers as much as they used to -- but the full downstream picture is still quite dark.