Chuck Schumer refused to defend Sen. Dianne Feinstein over calls from progressive groups for her removal…
Day: October 20, 2020
Plantwatch: Australia’s giant stinging trees – 35m tall with a poison that can last for months
It sounds like something out of The Day of the Triffids: a stinging nettle the size…
Pelosi sees ‘a path’ to stimulus deal — but deadline may slip
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that she and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are “on a path”…
Bottle-fed babies most at risk as study shows high lead exposure in US water
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McCarthy locking up support despite fears of GOP losses
House Republicans face the possibility of sinking further into the minority on Nov. 3. President Donald…
10 million snowblowers? Last-ditch ideas to save the Arctic ice
Time is running out for the Arctic. The region continues to warm at two or three…
Anger as Environment Agency executive takes job at Southern Water
One of the most senior executives at the Environment Agency is leaving to join a water…
The animal species imperiled by Trump’s war on the environment
The prognosis for biodiversity on Earth is grim. According to a sobering report released by the…
Country diary: an immense space studded with razor shells
The storms in September have dredged from the sea bottom and then flung millions of razor…