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Landlocked Zimbabwe has been experiencing worsening droughts and worsening floods. Right now the floods are the big problem.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation argues in favor of smaller, older buildings. But big, new projects are critical to healthy cities as well.
Climate change and fiscal prudence be damned.
It's the first state to reject new national science education standards. And it just so happens to be the biggest coal-producing state.
Retractions are typically the result of big goofs and frauds -- but in this case, the problem was inordinate attention paid to inconclusive results.
His plan would increase pollution, accelerate global warming, despoil public lands, and stymie Americans’ efforts to get out of their cars.
Lawmakers are retreating on basic reforms when they should be looking to the future, and creating even more dramatic changes.
Dangerous chemicals are being applied to GMO test fields on Kauai at a much higher rate than on most U.S. farms, an analysis of new data reveals.
The fossil-fuel industry is kicking up a fuss about the Obama administration's "social cost of carbon" calculations. Now the public is invited to comment too.
