In 1994, a tomato known as Flavr Savr became the first commercially grown genetically engineered food to be granted a license for human consumption. Scientists…

Native American reservations cover just 2 percent of the United States, but they may contain about a fifth of the nation’s oil and gas, along…

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URGENT ACTION ALERT On November 30th, the House passed HR 34, a 996-page bill, known as the 21st Century Cures Act. They are now rushing…

This is all part of Finland's ambitious target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050. "Giving up coal is the…

On election night, almost as soon as it was clear that the unthinkable had become a cold reality, Paul Krugman asked in the New York…

Donald Trump’s election is generating much speculation about how his administration may or may not reshape the federal government. On space issues, a senior Trump…

It should be, for any literate person, essentially a truism that Barack Obama and even Hillary Clinton are preferable to Donald Trump, and are also…

The Clinton machine – running on fumes after Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential bid – is pulling out all remaining stops to block Donald Trump’s inauguration,…

Imagine this scenario: you’ve occupied an office for eight years and now you’re about to move out. You know who's going to move in and,…

“THE ESTABLISHMENT,” Donald Trump famously said during his closing argument for the presidency, “has trillions of dollars at stake in this election.” He described “a…

We’re going to be dealing with an onslaught of daily emergencies during the Trump years. Already it’s begun — if there’s nothing going on (or…