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Drug industry under a Senate microscope

Rachel Bluth - KFF Health News
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What coal country thinks of the GND

Rachel M. Cohen - In These Times
In this photo released by G20 Australia and taken on Saturday Nov 15, 2014, Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott and President of Russia Vladimir Putin hold koala's during a photo opportunity on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Brisbane, Australia. (AP Photo/G20 Australia,Andrew Taylor) (AP)

Koalas are "functionally extinct"

Christine Adams-Hosking - The Conversation
Algae floats on the surface of Lake Erie's Maumee Bay in Oregon, Ohio, on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. (AP/Paul Sancya)

Lake Erie's "Bill of rights"

Valerie Vande Panne - Independent Media Institute
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9 ways racism impacts maternal health

Roberta K. Timothy - The Conversation
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Workers burned up over heat protections

Marjie Lundstrom - FairWarning
Many join hands in prayer at Oceti Sakowin camp shortly before the decision to halt the pipeline was announced. (Charlie May)

Punishing pipeline protesters

Naveena Sadasivam - Grist
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We don't need billionaires to save Earth

Kinari Webb, Jonathan Jennings
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Leo W. Gerard
File - In this Saturday, Feb. 13, 2017, file photo, water flows down Oroville Dam's main spillway, near Oroville, Calif. Over six days, operators of the tallest dam in the United States, struggled to figure out their next move after raging floodwaters from California's wettest winter in decades gouged a hole the size of a football field in the dam's main water-release spillway. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) (AP)

Long rivers blocked by infrastructure

Rachel Ramirez - Grist
A one dose bottle of measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine, made by MERCK, is held up at the Salt Lake County Health Department on April 26, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Getty/George Frey)

839 measles cases as US outbreak grows

Shira Tarlo
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EPA prefers coal plants over people

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
In this photo taken Feb. 11, 2015, Angelica Lopez, 3, writes her name with the help of her father, Santos Lopez, during a therapy session at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Angelica was born deaf and received an auditory brainstem implant to allow her to hear some sounds as part of a research study into the devices' use in young children. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) (AP)

The road to child mental health care

Bernard J. Wolfson - KFF Health News
In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, the Aris 13 oil tanker is seen from a helicopter in the harbor of Gladstone, Australia. (Kevin Finnigan/Tropic Maritime Images via AP) (AP)

New oil tanker hulls keep oceans clean

Patricia Fernandez - Massive Science
A view of the Los Angeles city skyline as heavy smog shrouds the city in California on May 31, 2015 (Getty/Mark Ralston)

National parks plagued by air pollution

Molly Enking - Grist
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The words "climate change" in the brain

Kate Yoder - Grist
Donald Trump; A manufacturing plant is located along the banks of the Kanawaha River in South Charleston, W.Va. (Getty/Shawn Thew/AP/Steve Helber)

Tax bill for many big polluters: $0

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
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Developmental disorders and dental care

David Tuller - KFF Health News
FILE - This Oct. 14, 2015, file photo, shows the Food & Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) (AP)

FDA to open past record to the public

Christina Jewett - KFF Health News
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Trump's energy ambitions on West Coast

Shawn Olson-Hazboun, Hilary Boudet - The Conversation
A team of farmers working at the Bronx Foodway as part of a program from Youth Ministries for Peace & Justice and New York City’s Summer Youth Employment Program. (Nathan Hunter/Civil Eats)

The next regeneration

Greta Moran - Grist
A right-wing demonstrator participates in the Denver March Against Sharia Law in Denver, Colorado on June 10, 2017. (Getty/Salon)

The neuroscience of authoritarianism

Chauncey DeVega
FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016 file photo, a marijuana plant awaits judging in the Oregon Cannabis Growers' Fair marijuana plant competition in Salem, Ore. (AP)

Modified yeast may produce THC and CBD

Sarah LaFramboise - Massive Science
A beached whale found dead is seen in Rosarito, Baja California State, Mexico, on May 21, 2018. (Getty/Guillermo Arias)

Humans are causing an extinction event

Nicole Karlis
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