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These global-warming-denying creationists want to rewrite science textbooks

Religious conservatives in Texas are fighting to infuse textbooks with their agenda -- and it won't just affect public school students in the Lone Star State.

Mariah Blake Politics September 20, 2013

Look what the gas and oil industry did to the Gulf of Mexico — again

Efforts to plug a retired natural gas well off Louisiana's coastline went awry this week, triggering a leak. Now there's an ugly sheen covering several square miles.

John Upton Technology July 11, 2013

Ugly by law: Check out how parking requirements shape our cities

Here's a photo essay on how off-street parking minimums shape our neighborhoods and architecture.

Alyse Nelson Cities June 20, 2013

Now you can help expand Google Maps, by lugging a weird heavy camera around for free

You never seem to have enough luggage when you're climbing the Himalayas. Now you could haul a camera for a massive corporation for no compensation whatsoever!

Holly Richmond Technology July 2, 2013

No kidding: “Reproductive success” might mean not reproducing

Choosing to be childfree is neither unnatural nor selfish. We're already overutilizing the resources that today's children and their children will need to survive.

Robert Walker Culture August 11, 2013

Why are some states trying to ban LEED green building standards?

The influential timber industry has its own set of standards, and environmentalists aren't happy.

Emily Badger Technology August 30, 2013

Wind industry and enviros team up to study bird deaths

A new project will collect and publish hitherto secret data on bird kills at wind farms, aiming to help a clean energy source get even cleaner.

John Upton Technology June 21, 2013

Fracking industry cleanup workers exposed to benzene in Colorado, feds allege

Workers sent to clean up natural-gas liquid spilled by a plant that processes fracked gas near Parachute Creek, Colo., were exposed to cancer-causing chemicals.

John Upton Technology July 12, 2013

The Maldives, a fledgling democracy at the vanguard of climate change

An IPCC report on future sea-level rise looms, but climate issues have been absent from the political campaigns on the paradise atolls.

Damian Carrington, The Guardian Politics September 26, 2013

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