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The federal government is expected to pay $24 billion in farm subsidies this year. Critics, including quite a few farmers, say taxpayers shouldn't pay for corn or cotton surpluses. Instead, they say the funds should go toward things that benefit the public, such as cleaner water and a healthier environment.

A seemingly harmless insect has invaded an island in the Antarctic and, being non-native, is eating up the peat moss and changing the environment. The midges could also infest the Antarctic mainland.

The Justice Department on Wednesday filed the first federal lawsuit over the massive Gulf oil spill. Government lawyers have sued BP, Transocean and seven other corporate defendants. The companies are accused of taking short cuts on safety.

Two Champaign-Urbana area lawmakers said they will introduce legislation to ban carbon capture in region served by the Mahomet Aquifer.

Gas stoves emit potentially harmful pollutants, but utilities and their trade group avoided regulation with tactics perfected by the tobacco industry to cast doubt on science showing health problems.

The grid is old and needs updating to truly access the benefit of renewables, but doing so is expensive and it takes forever.

The Japanese director won the Academy Award for Spirited Away. His latest animated work is Howl's Moving Castle. He and others talk about making serious films for audiences young and old.

President Biden's dog bit several Secret Service agents a total of 10 times between October 2022 and January 2023. On Monday, he bit another officer at the White House.

The medical dangers of heat are real. But people often ignore public heat alerts, or don't know how vulnerable they are. A new alert system prompts clinicians to talk about heat with patients.

Kamala Harris has long voiced support for action on climate change, during her career in California and as vice president. Environmentalists hope that background signals she'd take major steps if elected.