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Cleaning up smokestacks may have an unintended environmental consequence—polluted water.

This Halloween, you can spare the landfill more plastic bags and make an environmental—and fashion—statement with these creative costume ideas.

The Chemical Abstract Service keeps an inventory of all the chemicals that have been invented or discovered. It just logged its 50 millionth chemical.

Last Wednesday, the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act, also known as Toxic Tides, passed out of the House Science and Technology Committee.

Nothing spells cozy warmth quite like a crackling fire, but when that fire is wasting heat and releasing pollutants into the home and air, coziness is a poor trade-off.

As you’ve no doubt noticed, winter is right around the corner. So it’s a good idea to make sure your home is buttoned down and ready to face the cold ahead.

A recent article in The New York Times points to failings among companies to properly inspect beef processing for E. Coli bacteria, which sickens tens of thousands of Americans each year.

According to the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, "In the past two years grizzly mortality has risen alarmingly…[and] their future remains precarious."

Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs), though far more energy efficient than their incandescent forbears, leave a lot to be desired.