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A leaked U.N. report suggests that if every adult male in the world shaved his head, it would entirely offset the enhanced warming from Arctic sea ice loss.
West Virginians hold the coal industry responsible for air and water contamination in the state, and they are tired of...
The Western diet of wheat, corn, and soy is spreading globally -- flattening the world's menus as it rounds out our guts.
Farmers today don't muddy rivers as much as they used to -- but the full downstream picture is still quite dark.
"Good Laboratory Practice" codes aimed to keep bad industry practices in check. Instead, they've become a costly burden that excludes public-interest-oriented research from key decisions.
Put down the BPA-free plastic water bottle and step away from the non-toxic sippy cup.
A reader wonders if it's OK for her kids to dip into a nearby river. Umbra gets testy.
An error-riddled hit-job op-ed in The New York Times blasts Showtime’s new series on climate change, "Years of Living Dangerously." Here's why the op-ed is wrong.
After suburban voters torpedoed a tax to fund bus service in the Seattle Metro area, transit activists grapple with the sad reality: Maybe the ‘burbs just weren’t designed for buses.
