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TOLEDO, OHIO - AUGUST 4: Algae washes ashore from Lake Erie at Maumee Bay State Park August 4, 2014 in Oregon, Ohio. Toledo, Ohio area residents were once again able to drink tap water after a two day ban due to algae related toxins. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images) (Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)

Lake Erie & Rights of Nature

Dana Zartner - The Conversation
Registered nurses and supporters protest outside of a Kaiser Permanente facility in San Francisco, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

"The largest strike since 1997"

Shira Tarlo
Old man with a cup of tea (Getty Images/ jeangill)

80somethings on how to cope with aging

Katherine Esty
A defunct coal-fired power station near Johnson City, New York. (Duncan Rawlinson/Flickr)

Chubb will no longer invest in coal

Elana Sulakshana - Truthout
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From left, Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., entrepreneur Andrew Yang, former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke and former Housing Secretary Julian Castro resume their debate Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, after a break during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC at Texas Southern University in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Climate change at the third debate

Paola Rosa-Aquino - Grist
A White-crowned Sparrow sits on a branch on an early spring day in South-central, Alaska. (Getty Images/istockphoto)

"Colony Collapse" could affect birds

Julia Conley - Common Dreams
A buried section of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline emerges a few miles north of the Yukon River on July 21, 2002 in Fairbanks, Alaska. (Barry Williams/Getty Images)

Republicans push Alaska gas pipeline

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
(Getty Images/istockphoto)

Recalls in name only?

Eli Wolfe - FairWarning
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People wait for the trailhead at Glacier Point for a hike from the mountain at Yosemite National Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Everyone deserves a right to recreation

Matthew Rozsa
President Trump prayed with two students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Feb. 21, 2018 before a discussion on gun violence. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

A plan to monitor the mentally ill?

Troy Rondinone - The Conversation
Democratic presidential hopeful Former Vice President Joe Biden looks on during the third Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by ABC News in partnership with Univision at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas on September 12, 2019. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

Biden doesn't get universal healthcare

Bob Hennelly
Divers swim near coral reefs teeming with fishes in the water off Komodo island, Indonesia, Thursday, April 30, 2009. Indonesia will hold an international ocean conference in North Sulawesi capital of Manado next week where delegates are expected endorse agreements aimed at protecting the ocean and coral reefs from the impacts of the climate change. Corals serve as breeding grounds and habitat for many of the world's marine species and act as indicators of overall ocean health. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Getting to the bottom of things

Anna Metaxas, Verena Tunnicliffe - The Conversation
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks to the press on the sidelines of the Arctic Council ministers' working dinner at the Arktikum museum in Rovaniemi, Finland on May 6, 2019. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / POOL / AFP) (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)

The Pompeo Doctrine

Michael T. Klare - TomDispatch.com
(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

What about healthy food for all?

Patricia Smith - The Conversation
Image of Asteroid 2000 QW7 captured by the Virtual Telescope Project (Gianluca Masi, Virtual Telescope Project & Asteroid Day Italy Coordinator)

Asteroid to fly by Earth on Saturday

Nicole Karlis
From left, Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., entrepreneur Andrew Yang, former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke and former Housing Secretary Julian Castro resume their debate Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, after a break during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC at Texas Southern University in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Dem health care positions become clearer

Shira Tarlo
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Donald Trump addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Sept. 25, 2018. (AP/Richard Drew)

Trump admin pressuring UN on climate

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
(Jonathan Miano/The Times via AP) (AP)

Can New Orleans prevent cyclist deaths?

Philip Kiefer - Grist
(Getty/HAZEMMKAMAL)

Do we even know the dangers of vaping?

Ilona Jaspers - The Conversation
In this Friday, July 8, 2016, photo, pharmacist Clint Hopkins, owner of Pucci's Pharmacy, displays a bottle of the antibiotic doxycycline hyclate, in Sacramento, Calif. The drug is one of several that has seen a significant cost increase in recent months. In an effort to discourage drugmakers from raising their prices too quickly or introducing new medications that are unaffordable to the average person, state Sen. Ed Hernandez, D-Azusa, has introduced legislation that would require drugmakers to provide advance notice before making big price increases. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) (AP)

States pass laws to reel in drug prices

Steven Findlay - KFF Health News
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Doctor and patient discussing treatment options (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Uninsured Americans increase

Shira Tarlo
With the skeleton of the World Trade Center twin towers in the background, New York City firefighters work amid debris on Cortlandt St. after the terrorist attacks of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

The forgotten lesson of 9/11

Bob Hennelly
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Diabetes patients missing nutrition help

Phil Galewitz - KFF Health News
This satellite image provided by NASA on Aug. 13, 2019 shows several fires burning in the Brazilian Amazon forest. (NASA via AP)

The worst fires are likely still to come

Robert T. Walker - The Conversation
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