Archive: Feb 2012
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Will organic free trade really do a world of good?
We're all for trading organic food with the European Union, but let's not forget about food miles.
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Finally, a smoking gun connecting livestock antibiotics and superbugs
New science draws a straight line between antibiotic-resistant staph and the overuse of antibiotics on factory farms. Now, if only our lawmakers would do something with the information.
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Lexicon of Sustainability: Fallen fruit
Yes, foraging is hip, but -- according to the latest installment of the Lexicon -- it's also very practical.
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River rising: Water helps revive a washed-up industrial town
Yonkers, N.Y., needed a facelift, and it found one, beneath the city streets, in a river that hadn’t been seen in living memory.
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Obama mocks drill, baby, drill: ‘The American people aren’t stupid’
In a speech on energy policy, Obama mocked the GOP's drill-baby-drill response to rising gas prices.
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Does Santorum think the pope is a ‘radical environmentalist’?
Rick Santorum presents himself as a devout Catholic, but on the issue of climate change, he strays far from the pope's teachings.
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Can carnivorous farmed fish go vegetarian?
The aquaculture industry has long fed wild fish to farmed fish, putting a huge dent in ocean ecosystems. Will new vegetarian feed improve aquaculture's footprint, or just muddy the waters?
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U.S. gangs up with Saudi Arabia to crush European climate initiative
All the world's countries love to talk piously about the need to address climate change. What happens if someone goes beyond talk to action? If the E.U.'s aviation program is any indication, it ain't pretty.
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Chihuahua-size horses caused by climate change
After they first appeared in the fossil record, horses got smaller as a result of a warming planet, says a study just published in Science. Thing is, proto-horses weren't that big to begin with.