Environment

Court to Reconsider Decision on Roadless Areas of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

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The Tongass—occupying most of Southeast Alaska—is the nation’s largest and wildest...

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Court Upholds California Standard for Furniture Flammability

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Flame retardants easily migrate into household dust and...

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Encyclopedia of How Genomes Function Gets Much Bigger

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Berkeley Lab scientists contributed to an NHGRI effort that provides the most detailed...

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Fish and Wildlife Service Urged to Speed Protection for Bat Devastated by White-nose Fungal Epidemic

Two dozen conservation and animal-welfare groups sent a letter urging the US Fish and Wildlife Service to complete its plan to protect the northern long-eared bat, a species found primarily in the eastern and midwestern United States. Opposition to...

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