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Global Grain Stocks Drop Dangerously Low as 2012 Consumption Exceeded Production
By Janet Larsen The world produced 2,241 million tons of grain in 2012, down 75 million tons or 3 percent from the 2011 record harvest. The drop was largely because of droughts that devastated several major crops—namely corn in the United States (the world’s largest crop) and wheat in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Australia. Each […]
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Ken Cuccinelli and Dominion Power Move to Repeal Virginia RPS
Breaking: Cuccinelli and Dominion Move to Repeal Virginia’s Clean Electricity Standard Proposed legislation would harm environment and, opponents say, constitutes a confession that Dominion has accepted $77 million from ratepayers without properly fulfilling intent of current law RICHMOND—Dominion Virginia Power has informed environmental groups that the company has reached a tentative agreement with Virginia Attorney […]
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The road forward from cap-and-trade
After diagnosing what went wrong on cap-and-trade, political scientist Theda Skocpol suggests one way to proceed. It's not a very good one -- so here's an alternative.
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Somehow horse meat made it into a bunch of burgers in Ireland and the U.K.
French people might enjoy horse meat every now and again, but the British, as a rule, do not. Nor do the Irish.
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Virginia AG Cuccinelli leads charge to yank renewable energy credits
It's certainly got nothing to do with his political ambitions, of course.
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Broad support and $1 will get a pol a cup of coffee
Public support for action on climate change keeps increasing -- but nothing will happen without a loud, active, well-funded faction threatening to punish intransigent politicians at the ballot box.
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Here’s that squid porn you ordered
This daring squid porno finally answers some questions about how deep-sea squid mate. (They bone upside down so the male doesn't get eaten.)
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Please enjoy/run in fear from this terrifyingly high-quality video of bees
It's essentially the closest you're gonna get to sticking your head inside a beehive, with slightly less chance of being stung.
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What Theda Skocpol gets right about the cap-and-trade fight
In a comprehensive account of the cap-and-trade fight of 2009-10, Harvard political scientist Theda Skocpol identifies the core problem: the radicalization of the GOP.
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Do cities really take the lead on climate change?
Cities tend to adopt easier policies first, according to a new report.
