The Trump administration is proposing to redefine a key term in the Clean Water Act that describes which streams, lakes, wetlands and other water bodies qualify for federal protection.
Three economists give their own assessments of the state of the union, as well as the president’s performance so far, ahead of the State of the Union Address on Feb. 5.
One hundred years ago, on Jan. 16, 1919, Nebraska became the 36th of the country’s 48 states to ratify the 18th Amendment. Prohibition may be long dead, but the speakeasies and cocktails it spawned are still with us.
Used car dealers buy old automobiles and resell them. Similarly, stock markets are places where someone sells their ownership in a company to a dealer, who then finds someone else to buy it.
These crystals are made of organic semiconducting materials, which are used to make computer chips, LED lights, smartphone screens and solar panels.
Many corporations that profit from nature’s bounty are realizing that it’s time for the business world to do more about conservation.
Switching from petroleum-based polymers to polymers that are biologically based could decrease carbon emissions by hundreds of millions of tons every year.
There is no doubt that precise genetic modifications can be made to human sperm, eggs, embryos and even some cells in adults.
Like other natural hazards, wildfire cannot fully be prevented. However, it is not only possible but urgent to prepare for it, and to get people out of harm’s way when conditions are life-threatening.
Today, thanks to intellectual property rights and often well-intentioned laws, our ability to share seeds is restricted.