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Food giants try to hijack GMO-labeling issue
They're banding together to quash state-level labeling campaigns, pushing instead for national labeling standards -- but only voluntary ones.
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Secretary Jewell highlights Pacific Northwest climate impacts, but dodges questions about coal leasing
The same week that a Government Accountability report highlighted problems with the way the Interior Department is leasing taxpayer owned coal, Interior Secretary Jewell was touring the Pacific Northwest to discuss the impacts of climate change. That included a discussion with scientists in Seattle and a tour of Mount Rainier to “see firsthand the impacts […]
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There will be dollars: Obama signs a new farm bill into law
It took forever and nobody's totally happy with it. See you again in 2019 or so when the whole thing starts all over again.
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British weather makes penguins so sad they need antidepressants
Winter in England has been rainy and windy, and penguins at the Sea Life Center in Scarborough are getting downright depressed.
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This map shows how climate change is screwing over your immediate area
It lets you see how average temperatures in specific locations all around the world have changed.
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Grist on tablets: Now 100 percent shinier!
We're pleased to introduce a brand-new Grist-for-tablet design that you'll see every time you load our site up on your iPad or Android tablet.
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Will Sochi have enough snow?
Piles of fake snow at the Olympics are the latest sign of an industry on the brink.
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Subway removes yoga-mat ingredient from its bread
An activist gathered more than 57,000 signatures on a petition asking Subway to cut the chemical.
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The brutal cost of a cheap chicken
Two new books detail the inner workings of our factory-style poultry and meat system -- and the long history of our love/hate relationship with it.
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Frackers are guzzling water in drought-plagued areas
Most of the fracking underway in the U.S. is occurring in regions that are experiencing water stress.
