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A fertilizer plant exploded in rural Texas on Wednesday evening, killing at least five people and injuring more than 160.
A sobering new study finds that the world's biggest industries burn through $7.3 trillion worth of free natural capital a year. And it's the only reason they turn a profit.
The Bahamian government will allow exploratory oil drilling, triggering worries about the tourism and fishing industries.
As glaciers and ice sheets melt, they release plankton food, a new study finds -- and that could help slow the pace of global warming.
Organically grown tomatoes contain more vitamin C and cancer-fighting phenols than their conventional peers, according to a new study.
On Saturday, hackers the world over will team up to create sweet apps to improve cities and the environment.
ExxonMobil says it has contained the toxic gunk that spewed into small-town Mayflower, Ark. But one oil spill expert begs to differ.
The notoriously filthy Reid Gardner coal plant has been falsifying pollution data, and Nevada officials aren't doing shit about it, so the nearby Paiute tribe is filing suit.
The northern flying squirrel and the southern flying squirrel are beginning to mate. It might be because of climate change. Or maybe they're just really attracted to each other.
