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Years after a water crisis rocked Jackson, Mississippi, the court finds that residents have no right “to truthful information from officials.”
Scientists have shown how actively managing forests to prevent wildfires can also boost the snowpack, a critical source of hydration in the American west.
The country’s incoming president made water her “main concern” when she was mayor of Mexico City.
But even products certified as "compostable" are causing headaches.
“Gardiner is a company town and Yellowstone is the mill. If somebody starts screwing with the mill, we have no choice but to be concerned.”
The governor’s plan to use treated water from oil and gas drilling is in limbo while public safety questions swirl.
An innovative new nonprofit called WHEN Justice is turning targeted litigation funding into a powerful tool for justice.
Climate change could be helping the flesh-eating screwworm fly spread, undoing decades of progress — and the USDA isn’t doing anything about it.
Though marketed as clean energy, industrial pellet plants are driving deforestation, worsening floods, and polluting rural counties.
