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Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes in the U.S. Issue Brief
A private firm is planning to release potentially harmful genetically engineered mosquitoes in the Florida Keys as early as January, endangering human health and the environment in what would become t…
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Synthetic Biology 101
The basics about synthetic biology and its applications
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Tax Package Rewards Corn Ethanol Industry, Other Polluters
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Late last night, the House of Representatives passed a tax package that extends subsidies for dirty fuels such as corn ethanol and liquid coal. The $860 billion package also e…
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Keystone XL stories: Ernie Fellows
Ernie Fellows is a 65-year-old retired rancher living in Mills, Nebraska, a remote community that sits atop the Ogallala Aquifer along the South Dakota border. Fellows has spent his entire adult life…
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Keystone XL stories: Theresa Landrum
Theresa Landrum, 56, is a native Detroiter and has lived on the same block in the city’s southwest side since she was born. Her neighborhood, known by its 48217 zip code, is the most polluted ar…
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Keystone XL stories: Karla Land
Karla Land settled in Channelview, Texas in 1979. She was born and raised in Texas, leaving the state for college and to pursue her passion for scuba diving in the Bahamas. She returned after marrying…
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Keystone XL stories: David Daniel
David Daniel is a 43-year-old carpenter living in Winsboro, Texas, a small community of a couple thousand people in East Texas. Daniel fell in love with the community for its natural beauty and purcha…
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Keystone XL stories: Francois Paulette
François Paulette is a member of the Smith’s Landing Treaty 8 Dene First Nation and lives 200 miles downstream from the tar sands industry site in Fort Chipewyan in Alberta, Canada. François w…
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Keystone XL stories: Kim Marcel
Kim Marcel is a long-term resident of Fort Chipewyan in Alberta, Canada, the home of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations. She has always been interested in the environment and is concerned about…
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Telling their stories: The fight to stop the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline
We’re fighting the Keystone XL pipeline in solidarity with people who are already impacted by tar sands oil extraction and who would be directly impacted by this tar sands oil pipeline. We have compil…