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Food Studies: Rethinking obesity, from Chris Christie to Catherine of Siena

A food studies student reads about the "fasting girls" of Victorian times, and rethinks the contemporary debate over morality and diet.

Chow-to: Tomato escarole soup with saffron [RECIPE]

A great way to use up the last of your garden tomatoes.

How environmental and women’s groups can work together

Green groups and women's health advocates used to butt heads over population, but they're increasingly finding common ground in their support for family planning.

City Limits: 'Urbanized' underestimates the allure of the 'burbs

The creator of Helvetica produces Urbanized, a gorgeous, smart, and slightly out of touch ode to the city.

Jerry Brown wishes we could treat clean energy like we treat stuffed lions

California Gov. Jerry Brown (whose full first name is Edmund, who knew) has reached across the aisle for the sake of dead mountain lions. Now he'd like to gently suggest to the California senate that things like clean energy might be almost as important.

Green jobs by the numbers

Cleantech sectors saw explosive growth in 2003-2010, despite the Great Recession.

Without GMO labels, we all eat in the dark [VIDEO]

Two new campaigns suggest that eaters are ready for a more transparent food system.

German state minister: The Kochs are ruining U.S. renewables

Ever wonder why Germany has a robust renewables economy, while the U.S. keeps claiming it's not achievable? Here's a theory from Franz Unterskeller, German state minister for the environment, climate, and energy:

We don't have the situation like you have in the U.S., where you have this Koch brothers.

How climate change denial lets the fuel industry run politics, in one handy chart

Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the climate change denial machine.

Wind power: a growing source of green manufacturing jobs the U.S. is trying to botch

Wind provides what everyone wants: high-skill, high-wage jobs with potential for huge growth. Why aren't U.S. policymakers doing more to support it?