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World Bank President Zoellick on the need for REDD: "We don’t want silent forests"

Robert Zoellick has been pushing hard on a REDD agreement, primarily as a vehicle to fund impoverished programs to preserve biodiversity.

Failure to ban BPA leading to impotence in U.S. congressmen (probably)

The cafe where nearly 200 members of Congress could get their daily joe is spewing receipts lousy with toxic chemical BPA.

The FDA finally reveals how many antibiotics factory farms use — and it's a shitload

After years of avoiding the issue, the FDA has finally disclosed exactly how many tons of drugs industrial livestock operations routinely dose their animals with each year.

Sorry, Glenn, Sarah, and Rush: Food is not a partisan issue — or one just about culture

Tea Party BFFs have all gone on the attack over food, but obesity, diabetes, and heart disease are not partisan issues -- and at least one conservative has stood up and said so. And while everyone likes to blame "culture," we've changed our unhealthy habits before, and we can do it again.

Helping Chinese consumers buy sustainable cars

A new website, GreenCarChina.org, rates cars on efficiency and sustainability -- info that's never before been readily available in China.

States and cities are already preparing for climate change

Many states aren’t waiting for the federal government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions — they’re taking matters into their own hands. And according to the speakers at a COP16 side event I attended on Wednesday, the same is true for climate-change adaptation efforts. The event — “Moving Forward with Climate Change Adaptation in the United […]

In a hospital, against the odds, people make a good place

The chemotherapy infusion unit is a lousy place to be. Except that in very important ways, it isn't. It's like a little neighborhood where every need is accounted for, and where all your neighbors can be trusted.

Leaked document shows EPA allowed bee-toxic pesticide despite own scientists’ red flags

An internal EPA memo leaked Wednesday shows that the agency has been ignoring warnings from its own scientists about the possible pollinator-killing side effects of clothianidin, a Bayer pesticide the EPA approved for widespread use on corn and other crops.

Clean energy grants extended for a year; still a dumb way to do things

It looks like a one-year extension of the renewable-energy grant program has made it into the tax bill now brewing in Congress. It's much, much better than the alternative, but it's also no way to run a country.

Why you should eat insects instead of meat [VIDEO]

Marcel Dicke (it's French or something, perv) argues that insects are a savory, eco-friendly alternative to meat. This is apparently not a joke.