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Eight U.S. reps are calling on the EPA to research possible links between fracking and water pollution. The agency abandoned the investigations over the last two years.
Forget the commune: Across the country, new kinds of co-living spaces are trying to disrupt economies and transform city life.
Thanks to climate change, there could be 25 million more malnourished children under the age of 5 in 2050, says a new report from the anti-poverty group Oxfam America.
You thought Cliven Bundy and his band of self-styled militiamen were outrageous? You obviously haven't met Wayne Hage.
A new study indicates that woodland salamanders help keep carbon out of the atmosphere.
The second largest coal producer in the nation just got dinged more than $200 million for habitually breaking clean water laws. That's gotta hurt.
The House majority leader lost the GOP primary to a Tea Party challenger. That's a terrible omen for any sort of policy progress or competent governance.
The United Nations estimates that one-third of all food worldwide is wasted. A new breed of activists and entrepreneurs is out to stop that.
They're definitely the ones who will be most screwed by it.