Author: MARÍA VERZA

First the scientists dress dead swine in clothes, then they dispose of the carcasses. The pigs are playing an unlikely role as proxies for humans in research to help find the staggering number of people who have gone missing in Mexico during decades of drug cartel violence. The ranks of Mexico’s missing exploded in the years following the launch of then-President Felipe Calderón’s war against drug cartels in 2006.Read More

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CHARLESTON — Consumer advocates argue that West Virginia electric customers should not be held financially responsible for bad business decisions by two American Electric Power subsidiaries when purchasing more coal than needed for their power plants. Attorneys for West Virginia Citizen Action Group, Solar United Neighbors and Energy Efficient West Virginia filed testimony last week […]Read More

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