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Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks during an organizing event at the Arc in the borough of Queens in New York City on March 8th, 2019.

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Elizabeth Warren Wants Her Proposed Tax on the Ultra-Rich to Alleviate Student Loan Debt

Warren's plan includes proposals for the elimination of student loan debt for most students, an expansion of grants for low-income students, and free public education.

Leah Dunlevy

After nine years in deep space collecting data that indicates our sky to be filled with billions of hidden planets, NASA's Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel needed for further science operations.

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Celebrating Earth Day in 2019

For Earth Day, we selected some of our favorite stories about environmentalism in the 21st century.

Leah Dunlevy

Climate change activists block the road junction at Oxford Circus in central London on April 18th, 2019, during an environmental protest by the Extinction Rebellion group. Climate change activists on Thursday brought parts of the British capital to a standstill on the fourth consecutive day of demonstrations.

Extinction Rebellion Stages Demonstrations Around the World (in Photos)

Climate change protests around the world are stopping traffic and leading to widespread arrests.

Leah Dunlevy

A car mechanic fits a particle filter to a diesel-engined car.

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A New Study Reveals Diesel Filters’ Unintended Effects

The study shows that the chemical reaction used in diesel filters can increase the presence of nitrogen dioxide—and worsen common allergic reactions.

Leah Dunlevy

Mud is seen on land that was under the Salton Sea a few years ago on January 1st, 2019, near Calipatria, California.

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Trump Just Signed a New Plan for the Colorado River. There’s Already a Lawsuit to Halt It.

The Imperial Irrigation District in California has sued to halt the plan, arguing that it wrongly ignores the Salton Sea.

Leah Dunlevy

A view from the north of the Valley of the Gods, one of the areas excised from Bears Ears National Monument by President Donald Trump's December 4th, 2017, proclamation.

Elizabeth Warren’s Plan to Protect Public Lands Highlights Environmental Justice Issues

Warren's plan includes ending fossil fuel drilling on public lands, eliminating entrance fees for national parks, and mandating spending for the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Leah Dunlevy

A picture taken on December 5th, 2018, shows the Pyrenees mountains, southern France, at sunset.

Researchers Discover Microplastics in the Air of the Pyrenees Mountains

According to a new study, scientists found as much microplastic pollution in the air in this remote area as in densely populated cities like Paris.

Leah Dunlevy

A Sudanese child waves a national flag as she sits atop the shoulders of a man during a late demonstration outside the army headquarters in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on April 12th, 2019. Protesters defied a night-time curfew to keep up four months of mass demonstrations.

The Sudanese Military Removes President Omar al-Bashir (in Photos)

Protests in Sudan continued following President Omar al-Bashir's ouster, after the military dissolved the government and suspended the country's constitution.

Leah Dunlevy