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Meatless holiday: Roasted red onions with pumpkin-rosemary stuffing [RECIPE]
As tasty as it is beautiful, this recipe will make a perfect celebratory main dish or side dish for your next holiday meal.
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Norfolk, Va., has a plan to keep its head above water
The lovely old city floods regularly -- and scientists warn the area will experience worse-than-average sea-level rise. Sustainability chief Denise Thompson shares Norfolk's plans for staying dry.
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Feds predict end times for Colorado River water
About 40 million Westerners rely on the Colorado River today. By 2060, the river will be severely overtapped, according to a government report.
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The lesson to be learned from the politics of gun control
Advocates of gun control try to leverage sharp anger to create change. There's a lesson here for every political actor.
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From farm to table, we’re losing tons of food
Forty percent of the food grown in the U.S. is trashed -- and a lot of it is still perfectly edible.
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Energy prices are the most volatile prices in the country
Data from the Consumer Price Index shows how the natural-gas boom is leading to lower prices for Americans.
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The EPA tightens limits on soot, predicting huge health benefits
Nice that the government can take regulatory action in the face of lobbying to keep people alive sometimes, isn't it?
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Judge reverses course, lets Keystone XL construction continue
Unfortunately, TransCanada's "oil is oil" logic worked in the courts this time around. But pipeline opponents get another hearing next week.
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Mississippi River faces shipping closure as water levels drop
Drought has brought water levels in the Mississippi close to historic lows, threatening to close this crucial transport route.
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New Soot Standard Will Protect Public Health, Environment
(click image to enlarge) As a mom, I can’t imagine how scary it would be to watch your child struggle to breathe. That’s why I’m so thankful that today the Environmental Protection Agency has announced new air quality standards for soot that will save thousands of lives and billions of dollars. Soot is one of […]
