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GMO labeling would be outlawed by new bill in Congress
Some states are moving to require foods containing GMO ingredients to be clearly marked as such. A bill in the House would shut that movement down.
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The future of genetically modified plants could include potatoes with tiny hamburgers in the middle
Writer Daniel Berleant envisions the wacky future of food, including egg-sized sunflower seeds and watermelons that taste like nectarines.
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More protests against Peabody Coal from students and frontline communities
Students at Washington University in St. Louis are in day three of a sit in to protest their University’s relationship with Peabody Energy, the world’s largest private sector coal company. Caroline Burney, a Senior at Washington University, explains in Why we’re sitting in at WashU (And we’re not leaving): In St. Louis, Peabody ingratiates itself […]
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Droughts push beef prices to record highs
Mo' drought, moo problems. Hamburger and sirloins are more expensive than ever, and a shortage of cattle means a surplus of tumbleweeds.
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This is the sweetest, mushiest bike map you’ve ever seen
Vincent Meertens and his girlfriend Larissa tracked all their bike trips for a year.
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California’s drought plan will screw the environment
The state is taking radical steps to preserve its dwindling supplies of water. Wildlife will pay the price, and so will people who fish.
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World Wind Power Poised to Bounce Back after Slowing in 2013
By J. Matthew Roney At the end of 2013, the wind farms installed in more than 85 countries had a combined generating capacity of 318,000 megawatts, which would be enough to meet the residential electricity needs of the European Union’s 506 million people. New data from the Global Wind Energy Council show that wind developers […]
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The brutally dishonest attacks on Showtime’s landmark climate series
An error-riddled hit-job op-ed in The New York Times blasts Showtime’s new series on climate change, "Years of Living Dangerously." Here's why the op-ed is wrong.
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Climate change just reshaped America’s wildfire strategy
Thanks in part to global warming, America's forest fire problem is growing ominously. The Obama administration has a new plan to cope.
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Ask Umbra: How do I wipe out a yard full of weeds?
A reader says her yard has turned into a little shop of horrors. Umbra helps her seymour of the forest through the weeds.
