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Environment & Health
Who Is Giving Thanks This Thanksgiving?
The whole country is giving thanks that the election is over.
Report: Coal Entrenches Poverty, Drives Climate Change
A single one gigawatt plant in Indonesia was estimated to cause 26,000 premature deaths over the plant's lifetime.
Jeremy Scahill: TigerSwan Security, Linked to Blackwater, Now Coordinates Intel for Dakota Access
Jeremy Scahill discusses the company's track record.
How Global Climate Action Can Still Succeed Despite Trump
The most promising actions require relatively small amounts of appropriate public support rather than large amounts of US finance to set up a new carbon market in agricultural offsets.
Bridging the Gap: Why Trump Should Meet With Green Energy CEO Elon Musk for Huge Job Creation
Donald Trump knows perfectly well why his coastal golf course in County Clare, Ireland, is under siege by rising sea levels.
What’s the Best Way to Improve Bee Habitat?
There's more to making pollinators happy than planting lots of flowers.
Weathering the Trump Climate
While there's plenty of reason for concern, there are also signs that Trump won't be able to stop the advent of a green energy age.
12,000 US Schools Are Within a Mile of a Hazardous Chemical Facility
In the absence of federal policy for schools located near dangerous sites, community activists search for safer solutions.
Is the Boreal Forest on the Edge of a Climate Change Tipping Point?
As the climate changes one of the world's largest land-based sources of sequestering carbon could begin releasing more CO2 than it stores.
What Repealing Obamacare Would Mean for My Daughter, a 2-Year-Old Heart Transplant Recipient
The pain of worrying about our daughter's future hangs over me and my wife every day.