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Catch shares help corporations more than fish populations
The system of transferable fishing quotas has been bad news for small-scale operations, and it might not be helping fish much either.
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Solar power set to shine in 2013
New solar generation capacity will increase about 14 percent this year, thanks to high demand in the U.S., Japan, and especially China.
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Mississippi poised to pass ‘Anti-Bloomberg’ bill banning healthy food regs
The bill would bar local governments from enforcing calorie counts, portion restrictions, or other food reforms at restaurants.
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Corn free: Cutting back on our dominant crop is easier said than done
The USDA tells farmers to decrease their risk by diversifying their crops. But when subsidies make corn so profitable, it's an uphill battle to change planting habits.
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Eensy-beensy baby octopus is a teeny wee octopus-head, yes it is
This is by far the most adorable thing that also kind of looks like the results of picking your nose that we've ever seen.
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Where innovation advocates go wrong
Advocates of cleantech innovation make important points, but they miss the big picture if they think they're in competition with advocates of deployment.
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Chinese forests now just chopstick factories in waiting
The country produces 80 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks each year, and that's taking a toll on China's forests.
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Tree that survived a tsunami has been made into a monument
If a tree could have balls of steel, this one would -- but instead it now has a spine of carbon and plastic leaves and branches.
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Could melting glaciers slow down climate change?
As glaciers and ice sheets melt, they release plankton food, a new study finds -- and that could help slow the pace of global warming.
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Great green north: Climate change curtails Canadian winters
NASA scientists say Canadian winters are warming up -- a change that's "like Winnipeg, Manitoba, moving to Minneapolis-Saint Paul in only 30 years."
