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Friday Finds: Girly-Named Hurricanes Less Feared
People don’t take female-named hurricanes as seriously—and suffer the consequences.
Read MoreLove and the Law Come to the Lone Wolf
California’s famous lone gray wolf – the first to set foot in the Golden State since his forebears were slaughtered to extinction nearly 100 years ago – has found love just across the border in Oregon, where biologists yesterday said they photographed his two pups peeking from a log.
Read MoreOur Best Chance at Halting Climate Change
Today’s proposal for cleaning up power plants
Read MoreVictory: d-Con To Be Killed Off
The rodent killer d-CON—which also kills pets and poisons children—will cease being made by year’s end under an agreement reached with the EPA.
Read MoreHawai‘i Regulators Read Riot Act To Utility
The Hawai‘i Public Utilities Commission tells Hawai‘i’s main electric utility (HECO) to start moving to a clean energy model of the future.
Read MoreFriday Finds: Lady Liberty Takes a Dive
The Statue of Liberty’s torch-bearing arm may become a distress signal as sea levels rise.
Read MoreNew Mexico's New Monument
President Obama designated half-a-million acres of Chihuahuan desert ecosystem as the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument.
Read MoreNew Name, Same Game
The men behind the poisoning of West Virginia’s drinking water begin anew.
Read MoreCourts Demand Clean Air for Americans
Over the last few weeks, the nation’s federal courts—including the Supreme Court—have blessed Americans with four major clean air victories.
Read MoreVictory for Canyonlands
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a decision that prevents the state of Utah and San Juan County from turning a creek in Canyonlands National Park into a highway for off-roaders.
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