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World Bank to ditch coal for clean energy
The World Bank will only fund coal projects in cases of "extreme need."
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Even this organic advocate thinks African farmers need herbicide
The hard truth for poor farmers is that the organic method can cost too much and fail to deliver higher yields, according to a new paper from an expert on the ground.
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Should I feel guilty about eating coal-fired pizza?
A reader worries about emissions from a coal-fired pizza oven. Umbra slices in.
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Egg-free baking with these vegan staples
How to make truly excellent baked goods -- without the eggs.
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Yinz heard about Pittsburgh’s new protected bike lanes?
Pittsburgh just put in three new bike lanes that protect bikers from traffic, and city leaders plan to construct more. City of Champions, indeed.
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Jim Webb sucks on climate change
The former Virginia senator wants to run for president as a Democrat. He's got some ‘splainin’ to do.
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We won’t stop future Fergusons and floodwaters by planting a tree
Congressional leaders recently planted a tree at the nation's capitol to honor Emmett Till, whose killing sparked the civil rights movement. That's nice, but not enough.
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Obama’s immigration order won’t help farmworkers. What can?
As with everything in the good ol’ U S of A, corporations can have more power than government when it comes to the treatment of farmworkers!
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Are your urban veggies really toxic?
A recent Cornell study found alarming levels of lead in NYC-grown vegetables. Should we be freaked?
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Walmart is a huge consumer of dirty coal energy
The retail behemoth gets a lot of good press for putting up a few solar panels, but it gets far more electricity from coal than from the sun.
