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More than five years after admitting to her crimes, Montoya was sentenced to six years in federal prison.
The education culture wars are coming for climate change.
The failure to consider their needs can be a matter of life and death.
Heat waves are making pregnancy more dangerous and exacerbating existing maternal health disparities.
Roughly two-thirds of grazing on Bureau of Land Management land is controlled by just 10 percent of permit holders.
Toys that move, make noise, and light up are winding up in landfills — but they could be recycled, with better policies.
The season is already near its peak, but climate change means a monster storm could strike anytime.
Miners and their advocates have long demanded stricter standards on exposure to silica, a leading cause of an epidemic of black lung. They’re still waiting.
And nearly half have no plans to clean up their mess.