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Environment & Health
Eight Emerging Pathogens You Should Know About
These emerging trendsetters could pose huge human health risks, while research and development lag behind.
A Wild Liberty: The Sixth Mass Extinction
As flora and fauna continue their precipitous decline, geologists and ecologists are again looking at the geologic timescale.
William Rivers Pitt | 2016 and Better Days
You are the one you've been waiting for. You've been here all along.
Climate Activists Can Learn a Lot From Black Lives Matter
Changing anything means building a big, brash movement. And doing that means talking about people, not statistics.
Shifting the Terms of the Debate: How Big Business Covered Up Global Warming
The late Aaron Swartz wrote this entry in 2006 at the age of 19 for his blog.
Exxon’s Climate Cover-Up Gets Bigger: Documents Suggest All Major Oil Giants Have Lied Since 1970s
2015, the hottest on record, was also the year ExxonMobil was caught in a more than three-decade lie.
Arctic Methane Emissions Persist in Winter
Methane, a key greenhouse gas, is released from Arctic soils not only in the short summer period but during the bitterly cold winters too.
Mexican Government Ignores Social Impact of Energy Projects
Private companies with oil contracts have ignored Mexico's stipulation in the hydrocarbons law for a social impact assessment.
Using Tires to Create an Artificial Reef in Florida Was a Really Bad Idea
Now there's a 35-acre landfill on the ocean floor. Instead of saving coral, the tires are damaging the natural reef.
Was 2015 the Year Big Food Began to Lose Its Sway?
Coca-Cola and Monsanto were called out for conflicts of interest. In the new year, will transparency become the new normal?