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The fight over the proposed Pebble mine in southern Alaska is a harbinger: Global copper demand is expected to grow dramatically.

"Enough is enough. Pipelines leak - it's not a question of 'if', but 'when.'"

Just as enthusiasm for collective bargaining grows, labor’s political power and influence wane toward a historic nadir.

Marsha de la O, a southern California poet, depicts most tenderly the hard wages of environmental pollution.

A new version of AlphaGo needed no human instruction to figure out how to clobber the best Go player in the world — itself.

A new version of AlphaGo needed no human instruction to figure out how to clobber the best Go player in the world — itself.

The money DeVos and her family would get from just one of the tax breaks in the House bill would pay more than 6,000 teachers. The tax break for President Donald Trump and his family would be enough to pay more than 20,000 teachers.

Reza Zarrab, whose trial for allegedly cheating U.S. sanctions is scheduled to begin in days, was secretly removed from a federal prison and may be working with prosecutors.

To pull off the upset, he’ll need to convert white voters.