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Toys that move, make noise, and light up are winding up in landfills — but they could be recycled, with better policies.
The lawsuit could determine whether the state's Public Service Commission must consider emissions in its decision making.
Heat waves are making pregnancy more dangerous and exacerbating existing maternal health disparities.
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.
Everything you need to know about the science linking global warming to extreme heat.
Drought can stress trees to death, but heat’s effects are less known. New research could hold the keys to protecting conifer forests.
To see the future of food, look no further than Sam Cobb, the cattle rancher making soy-based Boca Burgers.
Time and again, mining company Homestake and government agencies promised to clean up waste from decades of uranium processing. It didn’t happen.
Roughly two-thirds of grazing on Bureau of Land Management land is controlled by just 10 percent of permit holders.