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We Have to Keep Fighting: Water Protectors Vow Continued Resistance to #DAPL as Main Camp Is Evicted
The main resistance camp set up by Lakota Water Protectors has been largely vacated.
Alarming New Coral Bleaching Event Has Begun at the Great Barrier Reef
The death of this coral is, undoubtedly, globally significant.
To My Fellow Climate Scientists: Be Human, Be Brave, Speak Truth
With climate deniers sweeping into the White House, it's time for scientists on the front lines of climate change to speak from the heart.
How the GOP Can Avoid the Trap of Repealing the ACA
The Republicans' campaign promises are coming back to haunt them as they confront the reality of repealing the ACA.
Where There Is No Water: Detroit’s Ongoing Crisis
Detroit paid Homrich Wrecking millions to shut off water supply to poor Black residents who couldn't pay their bills.
Paul Ryan Is Fundraising Off Health Care While Working to Kill It for Millions
Paul Ryan is determined to raise as much money as possible to fuel his own rise, and his party's, no matter how many people's health may suffer in the …
Will the Science Community Go Rogue Against Donald Trump?
Scientists must grapple with politics and resist political reaction in order to be more effective.
Environmental Contamination at US Marine Corps Bases on Okinawa
Since 2002, at least 270 environmental accidents on USMC bases on Okinawa have contaminated land and local waterways.
Pruitt Ignored Cries to Regulate Fracking in Oklahoma. Now Residents Face Big Oil on Their Own
Insurance companies, unlike Pruitt, acknowledge the tremors' cause.
In California’s Imperial Valley, Residents Aren’t Waiting for Government to Track Pollution
For marginalized communities along the California-Mexico border, projects to gather and share scientific reports are crucial to holding agencies accountable.