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A reader wonders if it’s unethical to hang on to Big Oil stocks, and if shareholder activism does any good. Umbra offers some centsible advice.
The president spent his first four years lining up a promising urban policy agenda. Now it’s time for a full-court press for smart growth.
Seeking to drill in a disputed region controlled by Kurds, one battle has already erupted over fuel.
A new study suggests a link between rising food allergies and our ubiquitous and beloved pesticides.
The proposal has already passed one key legislative committee.
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, who has been resolutely pro-gun and anti-coal, is moderating one of those positions.
A century-old law has turned the nation’s capital into a city of low-rises. It’s high time we broke through that glass ceiling.
When House Republicans sacrificed the farm bill to the fiscal cliff, they left farmers bereft of crucial reforms. So why does rural America keep voting for them?
To get out of paying $6 million in state taxes, Shell decided to try to tow a drilling rig from Alaska to Seattle in the middle of a storm.