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Roundup is losing potency as weeds evolve resistance. Seed companies want to move to other herbicides. Is farming stuck in a spray-rinse-repeat cycle?
A new study indicates that woodland salamanders help keep carbon out of the atmosphere.
The second largest coal producer in the nation just got dinged more than $200 million for habitually breaking clean water laws. That's gotta hurt.
Forget the commune: Across the country, new kinds of co-living spaces are trying to disrupt economies and transform city life.
The House majority leader lost the GOP primary to a Tea Party challenger. That's a terrible omen for any sort of policy progress or competent governance.
The United Nations estimates that one-third of all food worldwide is wasted. A new breed of activists and entrepreneurs is out to stop that.
You thought Cliven Bundy and his band of self-styled militiamen were outrageous? You obviously haven't met Wayne Hage.
What do millions of dollars in television ads and mail and voter outreach get you? The status quo in Wisconsin and California.
In a huge victory for public health, today the Supreme Court issued its opinion in a case considering the EPA’s...