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DETROIT — In a bustling metro area of 4.3 million people, Yale University wildlife biologist Nyeema Harris ventures into isolated thickets to study Detroit’s most elusive residents —…
Read more Extinctions, shrinking habitat spur ‘rewilding’ in citiesFLORISSANT, Mo. — Testing by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers found no radioactive contamination at a Missouri school that was shut down last month amid fears that…
Read more Corps finds no radioactive contamination at Missouri schoolLifelong Cleveland resident Steve Gove recalls when the Cuyahoga River symbolized shame — fetid, lifeless, notorious for catching fire when sparks from overhead rail cars ignited the oil-slicked…
Read more Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmetThe District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Thursday against Velsicol, claiming it violated the city’s environmental laws by polluting a major waterway, the Anacostia River, and its surrounding…
Read more DC sues chemical manufacturer over pesticide pollution