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Proposed rules aim to shield U.S. from invasive species in ships' 

By Kari Lydersen

The Washington Post

WASHINGTON

The Coast Guard has proposed standards for ballast-water...

Border war: immigration is a political minefield. Can environmentalists have a reasoned debate on the issue? 

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Suburban sprawl eating up wetlands and woodlands. National parks crammed with enough visitors to...

Deep-sea robot offers new world of discovery 

Skimming past otherworldly tube worms and bizarre crustaceans as they traversed primordial sediments in inky darkness seven miles below the...

new robot delves the deep 

By Kari Lydersen

The Washington Post

Skimming past otherworldly tube worms and bizarre crustaceans as they traversed...

Dental studies now offer a clue to who sailed the ocean blue 

By Kari Lydersen

The Washington Post

The first planned colonial town in the New World was founded in 1494, when about...

Toxic neighbor: health problems persist for Latinos living near coal plants in and around Chicago, despite the state's efforts to promote clean air 

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] From the friendly confines of Dvorak Park in Pilsen, Maria Chavez hopped on her bike and rode...

Creating energy from waste: how one company reduces emissions by recycling energy 

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When businessman and environmentalist Tom Casten sees the Fisk and Crawford coal-burning plants...

Manufacturing thirst: the hidden water costs of our industrial economy 

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Cananea Consolidated Copper Company--one of the world's largest open pit copper mines, run by...

5 groups join Alaska suit to halt polar bear protection 

CHICAGO -- The American Petroleum Institute and four other business groups filed suit this past week against Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and...

Petroleum, other groups join Palin suit on polar bears 

By Kari Lydersen

The Washington Post

CHICAGO

The American Petroleum Institute and four other business groups...