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A novel private plan in the late 1980s helped set the stage for planting trees as a means to sequester carbon emissions.

The Netherlands allows medically assisted euthanasia for extreme mental suffering. Some doctors question the guardrails.

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The first of five large dam projects under consideration has been approved, despite environmental and social costs.

Biostatistician Jeffrey Morris says effective dialogue requires an awareness of how politics shape a person's beliefs.