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The so-called "Hail Mary" to save Sen. Mary Landrieu's political hide is a pointless Kabuki dance.
Here are five things you should do if you’re ever unlucky enough to be hit. And a shining example of what not to do.
Activists around the country are shaping public decisions -- and reshaping their communities for the better.
ProPublica's interactive 50-state map is the best tour guide yet for this increasingly common hazard of North America's energy boom.
Even if you failed SCUBA certification, you can visit the world's coral reefs -- minus all the water and animals that might slime or sting or bite you.
The retail behemoth gets a lot of good press for putting up a few solar panels, but it gets far more electricity from coal than from the sun.
It takes a gallon of water to produce one almond. And that's not the most insane fact about the hedge-fund-fueled race to plant thirsty trees in the middle of a catastrophic drought.
Before advocating for men to take some reproductive responsibility, we set out to confirm that their options don't suck.
Just how bad is California's water shortage? Really, really bad, according to these maps.