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Organic farming is so much harder than just getting stoned and picking tomatoes
"A Farm Dies Once a Year" offers an unretouched look at growing up on an iconic organic farm -- along with some hope for the movement's future.
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Why the locavore movement’s next big step is seafood
With his new book, "American Catch," writer Paul Greenberg calls for a local revolution that will move from the land to embrace the local oceans as well.
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Thanks to shrinking sea ice, National Geographic puts global warming on the map
A smaller Arctic ice shelf is the biggest change National Geographic cartographers have made since they had to divvy up the U.S.S.R.
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The hidden angles of the debate over beach access
When The New York Times invited experts to weigh in, they left climate change out -- and a lot else as well.
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The Supreme Court’s latest greenhouse-gas ruling is a 97% victory for the environment
One doesn’t typically associate Justice Antonin Scalia with environmental victories, but Monday's decision in a case against EPA is just that.
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U.S. mayors call for emergency action on climate change
Municipal leaders from all around the country have backed President Obama's climate proposals and called for the federal government to do more.
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Cargo ships carry a lot of climate baggage
The shipping industry must make huge cuts in CO2 emissions in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change.
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Climate change is the next market crash, says former Treasury secretary
If we don't act fast and act big with a carbon tax, says Henry Paulson, we'll face a crisis that will dwarf the banking collapse.
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Disprove global warming, score $10,000
A physicist is offering a cash prize to anyone who can disprove humanity's role in global warming. He's not too worried about losing any money.
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Now climate hawks have their own super PAC
It's called, appropriately, Climate Hawks Vote, and it aims to elect outspoken climate leaders to Congress, not just Democrats who quietly vote the right way.
