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Perspective on the food movement from a writer who grew up shoveling manure.
Farmers today don't muddy rivers as much as they used to -- but the full downstream picture is still quite dark.
"Good Laboratory Practice" codes aimed to keep bad industry practices in check. Instead, they've become a costly burden that excludes public-interest-oriented research from key decisions.
A trove of secret documents details the U.S. government's global push for shale gas.
Put down the BPA-free plastic water bottle and step away from the non-toxic sippy cup.
An error-riddled hit-job op-ed in The New York Times blasts Showtime’s new series on climate change, "Years of Living Dangerously." Here's why the op-ed is wrong.
A reader wonders if it's OK for her kids to dip into a nearby river. Umbra gets testy.
After suburban voters torpedoed a tax to fund bus service in the Seattle Metro area, transit activists grapple with the sad reality: Maybe the ‘burbs just weren’t designed for buses.
Clear majorities are concerned about climate change and favor action to mitigate it, a new poll finds. But Republican politicians just don't care.