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Farmers facing record bankruptcies and collapsing incomes due to President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with China were not amused by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue’s joke about their economic pain during an event in Minnesota last week.
read moreWater issues are becoming more prevalent around the country even as the EPA says it is prioritizing the issue.
read moreWater issues are becoming more prevalent around the country even as the EPA says it is prioritizing the issue.
read moreDespite all the recent think pieces about the rise of sobriety, a new study found that about one in 10 adults in the over-65 age range are binge drinking. Bucking a supposed trend, the new data illustrates an increase when compared to previous studies — suggesting that binge drinking is trending with older adults, while younger ones seem to be drinking less.
read more“Keep your eye on the ball” is a core principle not only for baseball players but also for us commoners trying to assess exactly what the spinmeisters of global trade are hurling at us.
read moreTwo new books highlight how pollution is corrupting the bodies — and minds — of people of color.
read moreOnce, snails decorated the forests of Hawaii like Christmas ornaments. There were more than 750 unique species, which descended from ancestral mollusks that arrived on the islands millions of years ago. Hawaii’s snails were exemplars of evolution’s generative prowess.
read morePresident Trump has made a big deal out of his admiration for farmers, calling them “some of the most incredible people in our country,” and “patriots.” But, based on newly acquired data on federal subsidies from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, his administration may not have been thinking of all farmers — mostly just the rich, white ones.
read moreFour of the world’s largest automakers have struck a deal with California to reduce automobile emissions, siding with the state in its fight with President Trump over one of his most consequential regulatory rollbacks.
read moreIn December 2018, the bodies of brothers Neri and Domingo Esteban Pedro were found along the banks of Guatemala’s Yal Witz River, shot in the head. The two had recently rallied against a dam in the Ixquisis region of San Mateo Ixtatán in the western part of the country.
read morePolitics intruded on science and intelligence. That’s why I quit my job as an analyst for the State Department.
read moreairbus has unveiled a bird-like conceptual airliner design that features feathered wings and a tail.
read moreCritics of the Trump administration’s efforts say the decision is politically motivated.
read morePeople in El Rosario live on the edge of hunger, not knowing if the next harvest will come. Climate change is a driving force of food insecurity.
read moreA European Union satellite has confirmed that June was the hottest month on earth since scientific record-keeping began around 1850.
read moreA massive depression has been building for years across our vast rural expanse, but don’t feel alone if you didn’t know, for most of our media and political establishments have failed to notice, much less inform the general public.
read moreTo stay within the Paris climate goals, coal and other fossil fuel-fired power plants would have to shut down early or be retrofitted for carbon capture.
read moreIt’s try, try again for the Ocean Cleanup, an ambitious project designed to remove plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
read moreShoji Kousaka always thought of Japan as a place where people knew how to dispose of their trash.
read moreA new report says the industrial giant misread the tea leaves on clean energy — and should serve as a warning to businesses worldwide.
read moreThe clouds created by jet engine pollution have a surprisingly powerful short-term impact on global warming.
read moreWhat is the greatest geopolitical threat to the United States? That was the question NBC’s Chuck Todd posed to 10 Democratic candidates for president during the first primary debate on Wednesday night. Four of them said climate change: Beto O’Rourke, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Julian Castro.
read moreEPA air pollution chief Bill Wehrum is leaving the Environmental Protection Agency after House Democrats began an investigation into his ties to his old law firm.
read moreI am no lawyer and do not possess the background for why AG Barr is arguing the points in this case but no reasonable person could or would deny children access to beds, blankets, soap and toothbrushes while in detention.
read moreOver 70 medical and public health organizations called on elected (and hoping-to-be-elected) officials Monday morning to commit to combating what they deem to be the “greatest public health challenge of the 21st century.”
read moreWealthy people like me should commit to reducing the ravages of economic inequality.
read moreSome 30 miles north of San Diego, along the Pacific Coast, sits the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant, the largest effort to turn saltwater into freshwater in North America.
read moreIt could ruin archeological sites before we get the chance to study them
read moreThe state legislation drew widespread praise for its goals, but also concerns that it fell short on support for disadvantaged communities.
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