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Confucius once said, “We are so busy doing the urgent that we don’t have time to do the important.” I...
Even knowing what factory-farmed pigs go through, our provisional vegetarian has a hard time swearing off a morsel of crispy-fatty-salty-sweet pork.
Perhaps seizing on post-Sandy sentiment, N.Y. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is leading this fight against greenhouse gas polluters.
Spurred by its climate action plan, Boulder wants to dump its big coal-reliant utility and form a new municipal utility focused on clean power.
Food Forward collects leftover fruits and veggies from farmers markets and gives them to food banks and shelters.
Cities tend to adopt easier policies first, according to a new report.
Wouldn't you love to be able to take an outdoor walk -- inside a Pittsburgh skyscraper?
Many of the nation's levees are in bad shape, says the Army Corps of Engineers. But Republicans don't like to fund disaster prevention.
The California Department of Public Health has been issuing warnings about wild mushrooms since 2009. But last week, four people died eating them.