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California Just Fined Some Farmers $1.5 Million for Using Too Much Water

California's Water Resources Control Board proposed a $1.5 million fine today for a farming district's unauthorized use of water—the first such fine in the state's four-year drought. The Board alleged...

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How the US Chamber of Commerce Is Helping Big Tobacco Poison the Rest of the...

The US Chamber of Commerce hasn't just worked to thwart climate change legislation, obstruct health care reform, and pooh-pooh Wall Street regulations. The nation's most powerful business lobby...

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Republicans Are Still Totally Wrong About ISIS

On Monday, Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley made an astute observation about ISIS in an interview with Bloomberg."One of the things that preceded the failure of the nation-state of...

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Good News, Bad News: Your Almond Milk May Not Contain Many Almonds

Still chugging almond milk, despite everything we've told you this past year? There's some good news: you may not be destroying the environment as much as you've continued to not care about. Why?...

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Study: Juvenile Detention Not a Great Place to Deal With Mental Health Issues

If you land in the hospital as an incarcerated teen, it's more likely for mental health reasons—psychiatric illnesses, substance abuse, depression, or disruptive disorders—than for any other factor,...

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Hillary Clinton Refuses to Take a Position on the Keystone Pipeline

Hillary Clinton took a strong stance on clean energy Monday, telling a crowd in Des Moines, Iowa, that her efforts to tackle climate change would parallel President John F. Kennedy's call to action...

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Soon You Might Actually Be Able to Tell How Much Added Sugar Is in Your Food

When the popular news quiz show Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! hosted the country's Surgeon General, Vicek Murthy, last weekend, he was confronted with the question: What's your one weakness? "Sweets," he...

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These National Parks Got an "F" in Air Pollution

It's late summer, and Americans are flocking to the country's national parks for some recreation and fresh air.But a study released this week by the National Parks Conservation Association found that...

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This Map Shows What San Francisco Will Look Like After Sea Levels Rise

Developers in the booming San Francisco Bay Area are busy planning everything from much-needed new housing to sports stadiums and gleaming tech campuses.But according to a new report just published by...

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Watch Activists Dangle Off a Portland Bridge to Block Shell's Arctic-Bound Ship

Update 7/31/15: Thursday evening, Shell's MSV Fennica made another attempt to pass through protestors on Portland's Willamette River. This time, the icebreaker was successful; the Fennica is now on its...

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The HPV Vaccine Prevents Cancer. So Why Aren't Most Teens Getting It?

According to latest National Immunization Survey, released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thursday, around 60 percent of teenage girls and 78 percent of teenage boys haven't received...

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Scott Walker Thinks Obama’s Climate Plan Will Jack Up Your Electric Bill....

Today President Barack Obama released the final version of his signature climate plan, which sets new limits on carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector. Each state has a unique target,...

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9 Supermarket Staples That Were Created by the Military

Go down an aisle in your supermarket and pick up a packaged item. Chances are, the contents of that can, bag, box, or pouch were designed in a US military building in the suburbs of Boston.According to...

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Here's Another Vital Conversation That Donald Trump Is Ruining

Albert H. Teich/ShutterstockThis story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Over at Vox, David Roberts investigates Republican presidential...

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Los Angeles Just Found an Awesome Way to Fight the Drought. It Involves...

On Monday afternoon, the mayor of Los Angeles found a ballsy way to fight California's unprecedented drought: LA just completed a project at the LA Reservoir to save 300 million gallons of water by...

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Your Meat-Eating Habit Is Killing More Than Just Cows

The earth is in the middle of its sixth mass extinction, and die-offs are happening more quickly than ever before. In a little over a century, the world has said goodbye to more than 400 species—and...

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California Is on Fire. This Map Shows Where.

On August 17, 2013—two years ago today—a deer hunter near California's Yosemite National Park ignored a campfire ban and burned trash from his dinner. The embers blew into dry brush, starting the third...

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The FDA Just Approved "Viagra for Women"

More than 17 years after it ushered in Viagra, the Federal Drug Administration approved the first women's sex-drive drug, flibanserin, earlier today.  Sprout Pharmaceuticals will manufacture the drug,...

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There Might Be Fracking Wastewater on Your Organic Fruits and Veggies

The US Department of Agriculture's organics standards, written 15 years ago, strictly ban petroleum-derived fertilizers commonly used in conventional agriculture. But the same rules do not prohibit...

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New Study Finds That Humans Should Kill Smaller, Younger Animals

When it comes to food, humans gravitate to the biggest item on the menu: overstuffed turkeys, 1,000-pound sturgeons, the fattest burger. But a new study in Science shows how our obsession with taking...

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