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Indictments have come down for execs at the coal-"cleaning" company that contaminated the drinking water of 300,000 people.
Sure, government swindlers and food stamp fraudsters are alarming. But we're catching a lot of them -- and, often, getting the money back.
And they could help you get a date.
The legal dispute revolves around fair housing policies, but it could undermine a key tenet of environmental justice law.
"Mass mortality events" are already a thing, and climate change is only going to make them worse. Grab some tissues.
Intelligence Squared takes on a contentious issue in a clear way, and the resulting video makes for a great primer on GMOs.
Chavez helped win farmworkers basic human rights, but they still face unacceptable dangers every day.
Not only are the emissions from your transatlantic flight to Rome gassing the climate -- they're also making it harder for that same flight to get off the ground in the first place.
Sucking excess CO2 from the air could likely be our best hope for returning concentrations to pre-industrial levels. If it works.