Science
Shell’s Arctic drilling: The environmental battle of our time
July 3, 2012On July 27, two Shell vessels departed from Seattle, en route to the Arctic's Beaufort and Chukchi seas -- and the fragile ecosystems that lay within.
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Children and the courts
June 28, 2012We can congratulate the Supreme Court for its recent decision that sentencing children to life in prison without parole is unconstitutional.
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Canada, bowing to oil companies, fires ocean scientists
June 12, 2012After massive layoffs at Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans, leading ocean scientists - and the environment itself - will suffer the consequences.
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EPA considers banning frog-poisoning herbicide
June 8, 2012Atrazine has been banned in the European Union since 2004, but in the U.S., approximately 80 million pounds of it are used during a year.
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Drink coffee, live longer?
May 22, 2012Some positive science to report: drinking coffee keeps the Grim Reaper away-at lease for a while longer.
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