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Researchers comparing maps of CAFOs with county-level disease data from California, Texas and Iowa found increased rates of all types of cancer, but said more research is needed to determine the cause.

People in three states living near large livestock feeding operations experience higher rates of cancer, a new analysis found.

Cancer Rates Are Higher Near Large Livestock Feeding Operations in 3 States, a New Study Finds

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A Hunger Strike Ends, but an ‘Unreasonable’ Woman’s Battle Against Corporate Polluters Marches On

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Four decades into her crusade against Texas petrochemical plants, a retired shrimper remains determined to fight Dow, the largest chemical company in America.

The Resistance, Part 1: With an army of lawyers, an activist legend squares off against polluting industries along the Texas coast she calls home.

A Hunger Strike Ends, but an ‘Unreasonable’ Woman’s Battle Against Corporate Polluters Marches On

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The Extraordinary Sensory Worlds of Animals

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An interview with author Ed Yong.

Watch as Ed Yong, Pulitzer-winning science journalist and author of An Immense World, speaks with ICN executive editor Vernon Loeb about the extraordinary sensory worlds of animals, and the concept of the Umwelt, or the parts of an animal’s surroundings that it can uniquely perceive, sense and experience.

The Extraordinary Sensory Worlds of Animals

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Gas Industry Front Group Targets Democrats in Pennsylvania

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The industry group pays politicians to convince voters that natural gas is the “most affordable and reliable energy source.”

PHILADELPHIA—Sitting on a dais at the private Fitler Club for what was billed as a discussion about “the Path to a Clean Energy Future,” former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter played to his audience.

Gas Industry Front Group Targets Democrats in Pennsylvania

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