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The latest report isn’t the final word, but it gives President Obama one more excuse to approve the pipeline project protesters detest most.
The governor was twisting arms to get a natural-gas pipeline built through the New Jersey Pinelands, but after the bridge scandal broke, that effort may have backfired.
In 1994, President Clinton signed Executive Order 12898, a landmark in protecting communities of color from industrial pollution. For those living in the dirty streets, it was long overdue.
Supposedly you can assemble this 52-piece bike in 45 minutes. We've heard THAT before (IKEA!).
Enviros and smart-growth advocates are praising Obama's proposed transportation bill. Too bad funding is such a hurdle.
Coastal residents are irate about rising flood insurance premiums. But the next time the sea crushes the coast, the taxpayers may not be able to pick up the bill.
In red states as well as blue, a majority of Americans believe climate change is happening and the government should do something about it, according to a decade's worth of polling results.
Never fight a land war in Asia -- unless the climate is on your side.
Liberty and Justice pays its garment workers a living wage and gives them a stake in the company -- and the results are amazing.