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With coal on the decline and wind energy on top of its game, it's more important than ever to extend government support for wind power.
No previous civilization has survived the ongoing destruction of its natural supports. Nor will ours. Yet economists look at the...
What will happen if USDA inspectors leave big poultry processors to "self-regulate"? The result could be worse than pink slime.
It takes tens of thousands of trees to create the amount of toilet paper that’s used every single day. But...
With more factory farms, bigger meat processing facilities, and growing numbers of immigrant workers, it looks like Cargill and Co. might be priming the Midwest to produce meat for the world.
The Environmental Protection Agency said that Dimock, Pa., has safe drinking water in spite of fracking. But independent testing found dangerous levels of methane. What gives?
When world leaders first gathered to talk about saving the planet, Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” was grooving at the top of the music charts. If only we had it so good today.
What’s trending in Q1 of 2012? Three things that will cost more going forward and one that will definitely be heading down -- and the causes behind all four are the same.
How does today's climate crisis revise our understanding of our collective past? Mark Fiege, author of a new environmental chronicle of the U.S., takes us on a natural history tour.
