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Sorry, Michelle, but cheerleading isn’t enough to make Big Food change
The first lady calls on the food industry to lead the fight against obesity. But since junk food is still better for the bottom line, it'll take laws, not just encouragement, to fix our food system.
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There must be 50 ways to share your sweater
We'd like to help you in your struggle to be free. Here's how to stop buying and start sharing, swapping, and renting clothes.
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How the USDA plans to plant around climate change
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says farmers need help coping with climate change and encouragement to become part of the solution.
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On the ground at the BP Gulf oil spill trial
More than $17 billion is at stake as the civil trial against BP gets rolling in New Orleans.
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300 Reasons Utilities Should Do These 3 Things For Distributed Solar
In the next decade, over 300 gigawatts of unsubsidized solar energy could be deployed across the United States, generating electricity for the same or less than retail electricity prices. But many utilities remain blissfully unaware of the coming solar storm or how to handle it, as evidenced by a Public Utility Commission hearing in Minnesota […]
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Al Gore’s ‘Reality Drop’ gamifies climate news commenting
Copy and paste pre-written science-y comments ... for the climate? Basically, the Climate Reality Project wants you to troll for change.
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Japan is going nuclear again, Fukushima be damned
The previous government planned to phase nuclear power out, but Japan's new leader intends to restart the country's reactors.
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The era of energy dinosaurs is coming to an end
The big, slow-moving dinosaurs of the energy world face increasing competition from a swarm of smaller, fast-moving mammals. Energy companies will update their strategies for a changing world, or they will perish.
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Subway ‘flight attendants’ give lucky train riders snacks, blankets, and their best commute ever
Improv Toronto brought the perks of air travel to subway commuters.
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Drought is taking a toll on the Texas beef industry
Cargill is shutting down a beef processing plant in response to epic drought, and that's causing lots of trouble for one West Texas town.
