Politics Sep 02 AP fact check: Trump’s bluster on hurricanes, guns, economy Facing another deadly mass shooting, President Donald Trump is deflecting on gun control.
Nation Jul 18 U.S. heat wave warms up for a long and scorching weekend More than 100 local heat records are expected to fall Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
Politics Mar 17 AP fact check: O’Rourke on climate, Trump on ‘no collusion’ Judge Amy Berman Jackson, while sentencing Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, reminded her courtroom — and indirectly the president — that Manafort’s trial was unrelated to questions of collusion with Russia. “Court is one of those places where facts…
World Mar 13 Worsening environment is deadly but not hopeless, UN report says The sixth Global Environment Outlook indicates environmental problems are making things more dangerous for people.
Health Mar 12 African-Americans, Hispanics exposed to more air pollution than whites While other studies have shown minorities living with more pollution, this study is one of the first to combine buying habits and exposure into one calculation of inequity.
World Nov 05 Earth’s ozone layer is healing, UN report says The upper ozone layer above the Northern Hemisphere should be completely repaired in the 2030s and the gaping Antarctic ozone hole should disappear in the 2060s, according to a scientific assessment released Monday at a conference in Quito, Ecuador.
Nation Apr 24 EPA chief Pruitt signs proposal limiting what kind of scientific studies can be used by federal regulators Pruitt said the change, long sought by chemical manufacturers and fossil fuel companies, would increase transparency in the agency's decision-making by requiring all underlying data used in scientific studies to be made publicly available. Critics said the policy shift is…
Politics Aug 29 Where do the presidential candidates stand on climate change? Clinton says climate change "threatens us all," while Trump tweets that global warming is "mythical" and repeatedly refers to it as a "hoax." Measurements and scientists say Clinton's Earth is much closer to reality.
Nation Apr 17 Getting at the truth behind lying in politics For more than two decades, researchers of different stripes have examined humanity's less-than-truthful underbelly. This is what they have found: We all stretch the truth, and politicians distort the truth more often, use more self-justifications and deceive in larger ways,…
Science Feb 26 Species of bees and other pollinators are shrinking, UN report warns WASHINGTON — Many species of wild bees, butterflies and other critters that pollinate plants are shrinking toward extinction, and the world needs to do something about it before our food supply suffers, a new United Nations scientific mega-report warns.