Science
Today in history: Stockholm meet launches global environmental movement
June 5, 2014World Environment Day, launched by the conference, has been celebrated on June 5 each year since 1973.
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New Jersey Senate passes fracking waste ban
May 13, 2014Now the State Assembly must vote in favor of it, as well, and there's only a limited amount of time, as the state legislature goes on recess in late June.
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Climate change already impacting U.S., report confirms
May 8, 2014In the eastern U.S., the number of extreme weather events, including very heavy rain events, has increased already.
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UN: Spread of polio now a world health emergency
May 5, 2014The World Health Organization declared polio an international health emergency that could grow in the next few months and unravel the nearly three-decade effort to eradicate the disease.
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Keystone XL pipeline protest draws thousands
May 1, 2014The $5.4 billion project, which represents the dirtiest, least efficient kind of oil development, would pump dirty tarsands oil from Alberta, Canada to Texas refineries.
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