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FBI Re-Opens Probe of Clinton Foundation Donations

Agents from the Little Rock, Arkansas, field office are looking into whether any donations to the Clinton Foundation were made in exchange for political favors while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state.

Kate Wheeling

An aerial view taken on February 27th, 2016, shows coral reefs in New Caledonia in the South Pacific.

Environment

Climate Change Is Starving Our Coral Reefs

A new study shows that coral bleaching events are recurring faster than reef ecosystems can recover.

Kate Wheeling

Scott Pruitt speaks at The 2017 Concordia Annual Summit on September 19th, 2017, in New York City.

Environment

EPA Marks Seven Superfund Sites as Clean

Scott Pruitt has made Superfund site clean-up a priority, but the number of sites removed from the list in 2017 is on par with previous years.

Kate Wheeling

News in Brief

Go Ahead, Re-Gift

Research shows the act of re-gifting bothers the re-gifter more than it does anyone else.

Kate Wheeling

Environment

Trump Administration Halts Review of Offshore Oil Rig Safety Inspections

The study would have provided the government with recommendations for improvements to its offshore inspection program.

Kate Wheeling

Members of the public chant slogans and display T-shirts during a protest at the beginning of the swearing-in ceremony of Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on January 20th, 2017.

News in Brief

Inauguration Protesters Charged With Five Felonies Found Not Guilty

A jury acquitted all six defendants being prosecuted for more than $100,000 in damages that occurred across Washington, D.C., during inauguration protests.

Kate Wheeling

Environment

How Political Instability Undermines Protected Areas

A new study shows that good governance is critical for conservation success.

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Environment

B.H.P. Billiton Plans to Withdraw From Coal Association Over Climate Change Stance

The mining company also said that, given the Trump administration's plans to abandon the Paris Agreement, it will reconsider its relationship with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Kate Wheeling