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CEO of Lockheed Martin clear-cuts protected trees, pays staggering $1,000 fine
We're sure he's learned his lesson.
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Meet New York Aquarium’s adorable new rescued baby walrus
Baby walrus Mitik is moving to New York, where he'll fit right in, because he has a mustache and likes to head-butt things.
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Fracking oversight: With regulators hobbled, good samaritans step in
This is one instance in which outsourcing to the private sector isn't appreciated by conservatives.
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School cook in Sweden told to make her food less delicious
When you were growing up and you ate your school lunch of disgusting gristle-filled burgers and rubbery pizza and creamed chipped beef, did you ever think that one day there might be a school somewhere where the lunches were too good? Well, such is the case in the magical socialist paradise of Sweden. (You didn’t […]
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Seeding justice: Monsanto vs. soybean farmer case hits the Supreme Court
Can the seed giant patent DNA, even if a farmer comes by it legally? After several courts sided with the company, the Supreme Court will take up one farmer's appeal.
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Guess how many times the House voted for fossil fuels and against clean energy
Hint: a lot. A new report spells out the dirty details.
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These grassroots heroes are fighting for food democracy
The recipients of this year's Food Sovereignty Prize represent the diversity of a powerful global movement promoting healthy food for all.
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Bill McKibben nails it on Bill Maher show — plus Tuesday-afternoon quarterbacking
Bill McKibben did a bang-up job of talking about climate change on "Real Time with Bill Maher" -- and it got David Roberts thinking about effective climate communication.
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Texas city moves 100-year-old tree rather than cut it down
When road construction threatened this 100-year-old, 260-ton oak, League City, Texas stepped up and moved it.
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Climate change: The elephant in the dining room
Food security expert David Lobell says climate change is already throwing our food systems for a loop. To survive the coming decades, he says, we’re going to need all the tools at our disposal.
