A court has ruled that the EPA must ban the controversial pesticide chlorpyrifos—or prove its safety.

Australia last week committed $100 million to ocean conservation in an effort to protect ‘blue carbon’ environments and reduce emissions, President Biden orders minimum wage hike for federal workers to $15 and more Good New Headlines....

The bill would make it illegal for a high school student to buy an 8 oz cup of coffee from Dunkin’ Donuts in Massachusetts....

New licensing requirements would create significant hardships and force alternative healthcare practitioners and teachers of these modalities to close their practices and eliminate freedom of healthcare choice in Massachusetts...

A research team has found a way to make biodegradable plastics actually disappear, unlike the ones that only claim to break down...

“Social medicine” practices are built upon three pillars. The first is “accompaniment,” the second is to address the “structural violence” of racial discrimination and inequality, and the third is “a preferential option for the poor”.

Why it is that a more accessible, cheaper vaccine that could easily be transported and stored, why has such a vaccine not been invested in earlier?

Lingering sunlight and suggestions of swelter are lifting spirits across the United States. For many, the spring air marks a transition out of the seasonal depression that comes with winter. For others, however, rising temperatures…

Millions of bison once roamed the great plains. Now, in a unanimous vote, the Denver City Council gave the final approval Monday to donate 13 buffalo—around half of which are pregnant—to the Cheyenne and Arapaho nations in Oklahoma and one buffalo to Tall Bull Memorial Council in Colorado to enhance conservation herds on tribal lands.

Derek Chauvin’s trial is bringing down the “blue wall of silence” as long-serving officers in the Minneapolis Police Department have testified to Chauvin’s use of excessive force…

A little over a year after the pandemic began, conditions have improved enough that many communities will observe Earth Day in 2021, providing lots of socially-distanced volunteer opportunities...

In November, the National Heritage Corridor acquired an adaptive bicycle that allows the disabled or people with mobility issues to enjoy a bike ride...

With his 1979 song "The Rainbow Connection," Kermit the Frog has a place in music history as the recording joins the National Recording Registry. The song has appealed to generations of Muppets fans.

Hawaii is poised to ban more reef-damaging sunscreens that contain avobenzone and octocrylene, chemicals that also have adverse affects on marine life...

It was an Irish lamb stew, made from our farm’s grassfed lambs, local root vegetables and a bone broth that we…

How an Endorsement from Tom Hanks and Stephen Colbert Saved a Small Bookstore. Before last month's Super Bowl, Foggy Pine Books was one of the thousands of small...