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If the Republican candidate carries out his immigration agenda, who will run America's farms?
Climate change could be helping the flesh-eating screwworm fly spread, undoing decades of progress — and the USDA isn’t doing anything about it.
A 5-year drought, a failed desalination plant, and poor planning may force the city to choose between residents and the oil and gas industry.
A new study finds levels of the carcinogen ethylene oxide that are nine times higher than those estimated by the EPA’s models.
Scientists have shown how actively managing forests to prevent wildfires can also boost the snowpack, a critical source of hydration in the American west.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.
Laws require landlords to provide heat. It’s not the same for AC.
Faced with a looming fuel crunch, some worry the state will push aside its efforts to combat climate change to keep gasoline flowing.
Tens of thousands of Omahans have lead in their yards at levels that experts say is dangerous, especially for kids. Growing momentum to do more cleanup in what’s already the nation’s largest residential lead Superfund site now may stall.
