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America could be vegan by 2050, says lady totally out of touch with America
Do you really see our love affair with cheddar, bacon, and Greek yogurt going anywhere?
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What was the point of the Senate’s climate talkathon? Changing the terms of the political debate
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) tells Grist what he hoped to accomplish by getting nearly a third of senators to stay up all night talking about climate change.
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Forget bikes — get your lunch delivered by parachute
Jafflechutes will send your sandwich floating down from the sky. (And yes, sometimes it gets stuck in a tree.)
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Congress backpedals, restores cut-rate flood insurance for risky homes
Two years ago, Congress yanked subsidies for risky coastal flood-insurance policies. Lawmakers recently gave them back.
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Want to go back to the land? Read this farm confession about pig sperm first
A vet student witnesses the seedier side of pig husbandry.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson on “Cosmos,” how science got cool, and why he doesn’t debate deniers
The host of the stunning new Fox series wants you to understand how science works.
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Agencies Dodge Responsibility for Human Cost of Mountaintop-Removal Coal Mining
This week, we got some disappointing news – a judge ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers isn’t responsible for considering the health effects of coal pollution when it issues permits to fill valleys with rubble from mountaintop-removal coal mines. As Appalachian residents continue to suffer every year from well-documented health problems linked to mountaintop […]
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When in drought, Californian salmon take to the road
U.S. Fish and Wildlife plans to help California salmon bypass drought-shriveled streams by trucks. Yikes.
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Coal companies get hit where it counts for polluting Appalachian water supplies
The second largest coal producer in the nation just got dinged more than $200 million for habitually breaking clean water laws. That's gotta hurt.
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EPA gives BP a big “welcome back” kiss
The Gulf-wrecking corporation is now free to win federal contracts again, after a 16-month suspension because of the Deepwater Horizon mess.
