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The Oxnard Oil Field in California doesn't fit the stereotypical image of an oil patch.

An open letter advises those affected by the Santa Barbara spill not to participate in the clean-up effort.

The Obama administration has stepped up the NSA's warrantless surveillance program on US soil.

Denton, Texas, residents are using nonviolent direct action to stop fracking operations after the state rendered the city's ban unenforceable.

Anti-choice groups can no longer claim they are the only ones who care about helping women through any circumstance.

Neonicotinoids are increasingly suspected of contributing to the massive losses in the number of bees, even as industry has attempted to blame mites and other things.

Khairullozhori Matanov, a friend of the Boston bomber, is being sentenced under a law whose purview is growing disturbingly wide.

Survey of canned-good brands finds hormone-mimicking compound still widely used.

The extent of Gulf fracking is currently unknown and environmentalists say it poses a serious threat to coastal communities and marine life.

As climate change makes crop diversity even more important, gene banks struggle to stay afloat.