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Monsanto WISHES it could make corn this cool
“Glass Gem” corn looks almost CGI, but it actually comes out of the ground that way. It’s the product of a small farm and a retro, handcrafted approach to agriculture — “genetic modification” from back when genetic modification meant painstaking generations of selective breeding.
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Could insects feed the world? [VIDEO]
If people in the developed world can get over the psychological barrier involved in eating insects, this video segment says, we might just find that bugs are the magical, super-efficient protein source we've been looking for.
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Psych! World won’t end this year after all
We're definitely hurtling towards doom, but take heart: At least the world isn't going to end for a stupid reason like "Mayan prophecy."
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How to save wolves: Take photos where they look like crazy mutants
Those clever ecologists at the U.S. Geological Survey have found a way to obtain information about wolves that doesn’t involve trapping them, collaring them, or shooting them with weird injections — and bonus, it makes them look like X-MAN SUPERWOLVES. Instead of messing with the animals directly, researchers are just snapping pics with infrared cameras, […]
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Will old-school green groups sleep through the Earth Summit?
Twenty years ago, major U.S. environmental groups helped rally support for the Earth Summit in Rio. Today, they can hardly be bothered with it.
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Going solar doesn’t mean you’re some weird pickler guy, say new ads
SunRun, a solar leasing company, has a handful of funny ads out.
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Critical List: Antarctic ice sheets’ soft underbellies; monkey sets traps
The undersides of Antarctic ice sheets, thought to be fairly safe for now, are melting. Robert Abbey, the head of the Bureau of Land Management, is planning to retire at the end of the month. Bill McKibben said yesterday that climate campaigners need to be “willfully naive and demand that our system work the way […]
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Umbra’s second helpings: Giving green wedding presents without looking weird
Finding a good, green wedding present can be quite the commitment. Umbra vows to help out.
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Leaked letters suggest Maryland’s governor is henpecked by the chicken industry
In a state where the proliferation of industrial chicken houses is directly tied to the growing Chesapeake Bay dead zone, it might be helpful to have a governor who isn't close friends with a top Perdue executive.
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Obama on gay marriage: Another chance for greens to be disappointed?
This classic bit of Politico appeared in that publication’s Morning Energy email today:
