Environment

According to financial disclosures, four of them directly own stock in the company, while the wife of a fifth official works for Dominion.

“There is an important gap between current measures and those required to reach the targets, and now there is a legal obligation to act.”

Perhaps this second declaration of the extinction of the Bramble Cay melomys will finally inspire enough attention to prevent the loss of similar species.

High levels of lead leached from the old pipes, poisoning a generation of Flint's children, and bacteria responsible for an outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease killed more than a dozen residents.

“Wind farms—especially those on land—made the largest contribution.”

Flint reveals that there is a much deeper contamination poisoning our country's political morals: namely, an insidious right-wing belief that poor people (particularly people of color who are poor) are underserving moochers whose misfortunes can be ignored.

“Offshore wind currently provides just 0.3% of global power generation, but its potential is vast.”

The Obama Administration has not indicated whether it intends to appeal the ruling.

To clear the way for a pipeline, North Dakota invoked a measure reserved for state emergencies like natural disasters. That’s one answer.

Eaton says he hopes the research will result in better regulation and risk assessment processes.