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A new study finds that politicians tend to use shorter words in speeches on hot days.
Though marketed as clean energy, industrial pellet plants are driving deforestation, worsening floods, and polluting rural counties.
Senators saved a network of ocean sensors from "supreme stupidity." But other cutting-edge efforts are running out of funding, too.
Internal documents show the Department of Energy knew the decision "may generate negative commentary" and be perceived as "undue favoritism."
But even products certified as "compostable" are causing headaches.
The country’s incoming president made water her “main concern” when she was mayor of Mexico City.
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.
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.
“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.”
