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USDA kicks in $31 million to help poor people eat better
New grants support community programs that give food stamp recipients more bang for their fruit and vegetable bucks.
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Climate warning labels could be coming to a gas pump near you
San Francisco and Berkeley want to apply the tobacco-labeling approach to fuel.
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Shell inches closer to spilling oil all over the Arctic
The Obama administration has given Shell another OK for its plans to drill again off the coast of Alaska, even though spills are expected.
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A bishop, a sex-ed trailblazer, and the Notorious RBG herself: It’s Woman Crush Wednesday
This week, our roundup of badass women in the news also includes an Afrofuturist hip-hop duo and fearless South Korean seafood divers.
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10 crazy things Republicans said that are not April Fools’ jokes
Unfortunately, GOP politicians actually believe this stuff.
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Here are the other tar-sands pipelines Canada is trying to build
Keystone XL is far from the only game in town.
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Knight Foundation gives cities $5M for floating farms and fuzzy hats
The Knight Foundation just wrote $5 million in checks to support all manner of urban awesomeness.
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THEESatisfaction makes music about the planet that actually sounds good
The ladies behind rap duo THEESatisfaction break down a few choice cuts on their latest album, EarthEE.
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Agribusiness giant tells suppliers to stop cutting down forests
The move by Archer Daniels Midland is the latest in a heartening procession of corporate commitments to protecting rainforests from devastation.
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After Cesar Chavez: The fight for farmworker rights isn’t over
Chavez helped win farmworkers basic human rights, but they still face unacceptable dangers every day.