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Maryland blazes the trail to get arsenic out of chicken feed
A new Maryland law will keep arsenic out of chicken feed -- and out of a good portion of the waterways in one of the densest chicken-producing parts of the United States.
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The barter economy — coming soon to a backyard near you
Toting a loaf of homemade bread, her boyfriend’s beef jerky, and a couple of bottles of her very own Thunder Sauce, Grist’s green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, sets off for the neighborhood bartering session.
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Milk Not Jails: Building a new urban-rural alliance in New York
A New York grassroots campaign called Milk Not Jails sees supporting small dairy farms -- not building more prisons -- as a path to rural and urban renewal alike.
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And yet more travel!
April’s been an insane month for me. I gave an hour-long talk on climate at the Monterey Institute (which featured my first-ever PowerPoint presentation!), which I believe was recorded and might be available some time soon (assuming I don’t watch it and decide to delete all copies). Then I went to Pierson College at Yale […]
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U.S. cleantech support about to fall off a cliff
Federal funding for clean technology is poised to dry up by the end of 2014. What new and better investments should we be making in cleantech? A new report has some great ideas.
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While Walmart boasts ‘sustainability,’ shrimp factory workers protest
Migrant packers at a Thai seafood factory with strong ties to Walmart claim they're being underpaid and kept against their will.
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Kangaroo genitals are weirder than you ever thought possible
Animal lovers, listen up: Critters are cute and everything, but you should know that nature is fucking weird. And nothing fucks weirder than kangaroos.
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Forest service to explode frozen cows
Last fall, cows that were grazing on federal land in Colorado took refuge in a cabin, then froze to death or were trapped by cows' general inability to figure out how to exit thngs. Now their carcasses are thousand-pound blocks of frozen meat, and rangers aren't sure how to dislodge them.
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America could power a city on all the small-scale hydroelectric power we’re not harvesting
Every year, America misses out on 1.2 million megawatt-hours of electricity, enough to power a small city. Where's it all going? Literally, it's being flushed down the drain.
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A chat with Chris Mooney about The Republican Brain
Science journalist Chris Mooney talks about the GOP's war on science and the psychological differences between liberals and conservatives.
