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Algorithms Are Biased. That Might Help Regulators End Discrimination, a New Paper Argues.

Algorithmic prejudices can create inequalities. But in doing so, they might help lawyers pinpoint discrimination where they could not in the past.

Jared Keller

Emissions spew out of a large stack at the coal-fired Morgantown Generating Station in Newburg, Maryland.

Environment

Most Countries Have Environmental Regulations. Very Few Actually Abide by Them.

A new U.N. report finds that, to address climate change, we don't need new laws or regulations, but to get countries to comply with laws that already exist.

Kimberley Brown

The Navajo Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant outside Page, Arizona.

Demonizing Regulations Actually Hurts Coal Miners

A new study finds that being honest about the decline of coal can increase support for the training and relocation of coal miners.

Sophie Yeo

Environment

How Trump Plans to Gut NEPA, a 50-Year-Old Environmental Law

The goal of the National Environmental Policy Act is to make every infrastructure project in the country a little greener.

Sharon Zhang

A staff member of the South African Breastmilk Reserve in Johannesburg holds a bottle of pasteurized breast milk.

Social Justice

Addressing the Technical, Political, and Religious Concerns of Human Milk Banks

Breast milk offers better nutrition than formula to infants who cannot access their mother's milk. But centers have proliferated, raising other concerns.

Andrew Green

A giant crawler machine used to dredge the seabed for diamonds is seen being pulled on board the Diamonds Sea Mining vessel MAFUTA from Debmarine, a joint venture between Diamonds Mining Giant De Beers and the Namibian government.

Environment

The Interminable Debate Around Deep Sea Mining Regulations

The International Seabed Council once again failed to come to an agreement over the rules to govern the practice of mining valuable resources in deep ocean habitats.

Todd Woody