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A firefighter watches for spot fires during a burnout operation while battling the Rim Fire near Yosemite National Park, Calif., Aug. 25, 2013. (AP/Jae C. Hong)

Wildfires are burning holes in our pockets

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Could puffins go the way of the dodo?

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Antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” an increasingly dangerous health risk

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Federal appeals court may halt Shell’s plans to “drill, baby, drill”

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FDA’s pitiful plea to Big Pharma: Cut back on antibiotics in meat, please

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Holy carp! The Great Lakes are under siege

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Are adorable animal videos fueling the illegal wildlife trade?

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Are we killing our best shot at stopping Lyme disease?

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Not everything’s a shark “attack”!

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