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By the Numbers – Data Highlights from Full Planet, Empty Plates
More than 150 data sets accompany Lester R. Brown’s latest book, Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity. These tables and graphs help to explain the precarious situation in which humanity finds itself, as the world leaves an era of food surpluses and enters one of food scarcity. Here are some highlights […]
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11 bacon recipes that will kill you (and why you will eat them anyway)
Bacon is amazing. It is especially amazing when paired with other things. Like beef. And cheese. And pizza. And more bacon.
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Solyndra sues Chinese competitors for $1.5 billion
Solyndra blames three Chinese-owned solar companies for its collapse, but independent analysts say the bankruptcy was likely Solyndra's own fault.
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Scientists increasingly linking climate change to weather phenomena
Climate scientists have been loathe to point to extreme weather and say, "This is what climate change looks like." But that's starting to change.
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Meet Moses, the orphaned baby elephant raised by a human mom
Moses is 7 months old, 220 pounds, and needs 24-hour care and a bottle feeding every two hours during the night. His human mom, Jenny Webb, is up for all of it.
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Coal in the presidential campaign: Sound and fury, signifying little
Coal has become a big issue in the presidential campaign, and it came up again in Tuesday's debate, but neither candidate would do much to stop coal's downward slide.
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Moment of truth: Is the ‘food movement’ for real — or just talk?
With the vote on California's GMO labeling measure only three weeks away, the so-called "good food movement" finds itself at an important crossroads.
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Meet the woman behind the Newman’s Own Organics label
You might know her from the label on your favorite cookies, but Paul Newman's daughter is much more than a pretty face. In fact, she's a dyed-in-the-wool sustainable food advocate.
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Can Big Wind wake from its recurring nightmare?
As the wind industry clamors to renew a key tax credit (again), industry leaders explore how to break free from the boom-bust cycle the subsidy has them trapped in.
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Obama and Romney spar over energy in second debate, ignore climate yet again
Energy issues were front and center at Tuesday night's presidential debate -- but that wasn't good news for climate hawks.
