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Watch the winner of the first cross-country bike race cross the finish line — in 1982

In August of 1982, four men rode out of Los Angeles on the Great American Bicycle Race, the first transcontinental bike race ever — what ABC’s Wide World of Sports called “the latest bizarre product of this country’s rapidly burgeoning ultra-endurance cult.” The route began at the Santa Monica Pier, where a small crowd of […]

Sarah Laskow Transportation

Another reason to bug out: Drought puts electrical production at risk

Traditional fossil-fuel-based power generation requires an enormous amount of water. No water, no power.

Philip Bump Energy

Buzzkill: EPA rejects beekeepers’ pesticide petition

In March, beekeepers and environmentalists petitioned the EPA to take the pesticide clothianidin -- a suspect in bee die-offs -- off the market. Last week, EPA said no.

Claire Thompson Food

GMO sugar beets get the green light

Last week, the USDA fully deregulated herbicide resistant sugar beets. And while the shift isn't a surprise to most advocates, it does hint at larger problems within the system.

Tom Laskawy Agriculture

Security hawks should be freaked about population growth

Civil conflicts tend to crop up in countries with lots of young people and not enough jobs. See: Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, and the Palestinian territories.

Lisa Hymas Culture

Cargill recalls over 29,000 pounds of ground beef

Cook your meat, America.

Philip Bump Food

Fracking research: Industry-sponsored, unclear, and misinterpreted

Science: Harder for people who aren't scientists.

Philip Bump Uncategorized

The lesser of two evils: Why food advocates are pushing for a farm bill they don’t love

Sustainable food advocates don't like the farm bills drafted by the House or the Senate, but they're pushing Congress to pass a final bill before the current one runs out Sept. 30 anyway.

Twilight Greenaway Agriculture

The $1.3 billion wasted in the debt ceiling fight could buy a lot of Merlot

But the political value to the Republican party was priceless.

Philip Bump Politics

Republicans want end to regulations, you eaten by alligator

House Republicans are pushing a bill that would ban any new major regulations until unemployment drops below 6 percent. Really.