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Retractions are typically the result of big goofs and frauds -- but in this case, the problem was inordinate attention paid to inconclusive results.
Decades ago, the federal government recognized that people of color were getting unequal protection under environmental laws. That may finally change.
Nearly half of Pennsylvania's shale-rich state forests have been leased to frackers. The state's Republican governor thinks that's not enough.
Landlocked Zimbabwe has been experiencing worsening droughts and worsening floods. Right now the floods are the big problem.
Climate change and fiscal prudence be damned.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation argues in favor of smaller, older buildings. But big, new projects are critical to healthy cities as well.
It's the first state to reject new national science education standards. And it just so happens to be the biggest coal-producing state.
Lawmakers are retreating on basic reforms when they should be looking to the future, and creating even more dramatic changes.
His plan would increase pollution, accelerate global warming, despoil public lands, and stymie Americans’ efforts to get out of their cars.
