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Catherine Coleman Flowers (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)

Hands across the water: Catherine Flowers’ quest to drain the septic swamp

Judith Lewis Mernit
U.S. President Donald Trump gives a presidential ‘pardon’ to the National Thanksgiving Turkey Butter during the traditional event with first lady Melania Trump (R) in the Rose Garden of the White House November 26, 2019 in Washington, DC. The turkey pardon was made official in 1989 under former President George H.W. Bush, who was continuing an informal tradition started by President Harry Truman in 1947. Following the presidential pardon, the 47-pound turkey which was raised by farmer Wellie Jackson of Clinton, North Carolina, will reside at his new home, 'Gobbler's Rest,' at Virginia Tech. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Farmers have long memories: Trump’s climate record could hurt him in Iowa

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Gavin Newsom (Reuters/Stephen Lam)

Gavin Newsom and Big Oil: It’s complicated

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Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Chris Wallace (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Fact-checking the climate change claims made during the first presidential debate

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FILE - This Sept. 3, 2008 file photo shows an endangered desert tortoise sitting in the middle of an eastern Mojave Desert road near Ivanpah, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

The science of desert water

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For whom the road tolls: Is it fair to put a price on freeways?

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FILE - In this Aug. 8. 2011 file photo, a Wall Street sign hangs near the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. Stocks are opening slightly lower, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, on Wall Street following sideways moves in Europe and Asia. (AP Photo/Jin Lee, File) (AP)

There’s a tax loophole that only caters to rich investors, and one state wants to close it

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(AP/Robert F. Bukaty)

High times: How will budtenders and trimmigrants fare if pot is legalized?

Judith Lewis Mernit