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Environment
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Despite Reforms, the Domestic Drug War Still Tears Immigrant Families Apart
Despite promises to focus enforcement on threats to public safety, deportations for minor drug crimes have spiked.
Four Supreme Court Decisions You Need to Know About
What other big issues did the court weigh in on?
Pipeline Coming: Anticipating Environmental Devastation in New Hampshire
We take pictures of the surveyors and post them on social media. Lately, they have started taking pictures of us.
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Supreme Court Ties EPA’s Hands, Forbidding Emissions Rules
The fossil fuel industry and the court ignore the true costs of emissions from power plants.
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How Would Francis Invest?
Heed the pope's call to tread more lightly upon the Earth by making your money fossil-free.
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Rise in Carbon Dioxide Could Restrict Growing Days for Crops
While plants in temperate zones may benefit from higher temperatures, global warming's impact in the tropics threatens catastrophe for food security.
Australia Weighs Tax Penalty Attack on Environmental Advocacy Groups
Criticism can be uncomfortable for policy makers but it has a crucial role in science and democracy.
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The More They Dig, the More They Find: DDT Cleanup Continues for Mid-Michigan Town
Federal, state officials are making progress cleaning up harmful chemicals in St. Louis, Michigan, but more work remains and there is still no comprehensive health study.
Divide-and-Conquer Walker Thinks Equal Pay Is Divisive
He claimed equal pay “pits one group of Americans versus another.”
ISIS and the Shia Revival in Iraq
Any change in the status quo will likely depend on forces outside the city.