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The salty waste makes roads less slippery, but environmentalists warn that it contains nasty chemicals and radiation.
Oil giants claim there are no limits on the future of oil and gas extraction, but they may be in for a surprise or two down the road.
In the '80s, Big Tobacco targeted the developing world, where cigarette demand was strong and regulation was weak. Now, energy companies are taking a page from their playbook.
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.
Torrential downpours and abnormal heat could kill nearly half of penguin chicks in a single year, say researchers.
A reader inquires about bovine flatulence. Umbra lets it rip.
By Janet Larsen Last year was the thirty-seventh consecutive year of above-normal global temperature. According to data from NASA, the...
Hawaii lawmakers have stepped in to protect Monsanto, Syngenta, and other ag giants from local laws that restrict their operations.
The U.S. Coast Guard is on its way to rescue a ship that got stuck in ice while trying to rescue another ship that got stuck in ice. Why so much ice? A rescued scientist explains.
