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Grain Yields Starting to Plateau
By Lester R. Brown From the beginning of agriculture until the mid-twentieth century, growth in the world grain harvest came almost entirely from expanding the cultivated area. Rises in land productivity were too slow to be visible within a single generation. It is only within the last 60 years or so that rising yields have […]
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14-year-old debates GMOs with condescending TV host
Rachel Parent is not even old enough for a learner's permit, but she sounds more mature than Canadian TV personality Kevin O'Leary.
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Zen break: Check out China’s gorgeous stripey mountains
Rain + wind + 24 million years = awesome nature porn.
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Don’t have a cow: Lab-grown meat inches closer to your plate
Food writers recently got a taste of a $332,000 beef-free burger. Is this the future of meat or just a sideshow?
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Precious cargo: These bikes carry just about anything — pianos included
A suitcase, a kid, your grandmother -- these are all things that can be carted around with a cargo bike. Here are the pictures to prove it.
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When your parking grows up: What curb spaces can become
On-street parking takes up a lot of room in our cities. Parking reforms can change that -- but what will we do with all the extra space?
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Offshore fracking in California: What could go wrong?
Operators have been fracking off the coast of California since the late '90s, unbeknownst to state regulators and with little federal oversight.
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Global warming leads to darker ice leads to more global warming
As ice thins, the Arctic gets less reflective -- and that's bad news.
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Rich people’s bodies are polluted with different, more expensive toxins
Rich people harbor a higher class of contaminants, ones they pick up from eating seafood and lounging on the beach.
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Keystone study contractor under scrutiny by State Dept. watchdog
Does the consulting firm studying the environmental impacts of Keystone XL have a conflict of interest? State's Inspector General is looking into the question.
