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But now more people are growing obese and getting diseases like cancer and diabetes.
The National Climate Assessment, released in draft form on Friday, provides the fullest picture to date of the real-time effects of climate change on U.S. life.
Steve Hawk and Ami Vitale traveled to the mountains of West Virginia, small-town Michigan, and a reservation in Nevada to match human faces and stories with the cost of coal.
Recent evidence that growing a diversity of crops would solve many of Big Ag's problems is encouraging, but it will take a larger shift in the culture of commodity farming to see any real results.
But don't worry. We're sure fracking is perfectly safe.
Because you don't get to have nice things, is why.
One of Appalachia’s biggest coal companies is getting out of the mountaintop-removal business. In a landmark announcement, Patriot Coal, one...
Airbnb, Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, and others are growing fast, to the horror of government regulators and established businesses.
By J. Matthew Roney The fish near the bottom of the aquatic food chain are often overlooked, but they are...
