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Researchers explore a pesticide link to asthma in farmworkers’ children

Environment

When Azul was five, doctors finally figured out the little girl had asthma. That’s become a big problem among children of farm workers, says Dr. Catherine Karr of the University of Washington. 

You won't find a lot of wild salmon on menus or in your supermarket anymore, but the Namgis First Nation's group in British Columbia hopes you'll find their tank-farmed Kuterra salmon the next best thing.

This Canadian First Nations group wants you to buy salmon raised on land

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Oil flows through pipes to the Westridge Marine near Vancouver, BC. A second, much larger pipeline here is part of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau's plan to increase exports of oil from Alberta's tar sands region. Opponents say that would increase

This Canadian oil pipeline could cause the next great controversy

Environment
Rancher Bill Johnson and wildlife researcher Carol Bogezi on Johnson's ranch in Washington's Teanaway Valley. Bogezi has been working with Johnson and other ranchers in eastern Washington to try to find a way to help them live more amicably with wolves.

How Washington ranchers are learning to cope with wolves, with lessons from Uganda

Environment
Washington's Yakima Valley produces a quarter of the world's hops, but warming temperutres in the region have growers and brewers concerned about the future of the vital crop.

The climate for making beer is changing, so brewers and hops growers are, too

Environment
A young supporter of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner at an election rally. The president hopes to harness the power of teen voters at elections later this month.

Apathy? Argentina’s newly empowered teen voters say ‘no way’

Global Politics

“In general, we’re all lazy. No one wants to get up early on a Sunday 3morning to go vote.” That’s what one teenager in Argentina says, but national polls and others paint a drastically different picture.

Argentina Bill Would Expand Voting Rights

Conflict & Justice

Critics of voter ID laws in the US say the measures are intended to limit who can vote. In Argentina, the government is being criticized for trying to do the opposite. A bill currently being debated would dramatically expand voting rights.