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Industry groups putting the screws to senators over food-safety bill amendments
The Tester amendment protecting small farms and processors is still in play, while Feinstein's bisphenol-A ban appears dead in the water.
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For EPA regulations, cost predictions are overstated
Research shows that environmental regulations end up costing far less than both industry and the EPA predict.
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Is the second time the charm for Norway's electric car?
The Norwegian Think may be the little guy in the electric car market, but they're hoping city-dwellers will find smaller EVs to be a perfect fit.
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Important actions can be accomplished at climate negotiations in Cancun
We are not going to get a binding treaty in Cancun, Mexico when 194 countries meet to continue negotiations on international efforts to address climate change. And we are not going to finalize all of the details of new international efforts. But if you believe, as I do, that real action can occur without a "binding" agreement or having all the details completed you’ll be surprised to learn that some key things might actually happen in Cancun.
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Chris Paine prepares 'Revenge of the Electric Car'
The man who made Who Killed the Electric Car? is back. And this time, he's not getting mad -- he's getting even.
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Rejecting free savings out of sheer dumbness: common!
A famous social science experiment shows how hotels could save 20% of their laundry costs for free. Apparently they haven't bothered to read it.
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Does the food safety bill give the FDA too much power — or not enough?
Debate begins later today in the Senate on the Food Safety Modernization Act. We conclude our Food Fight over the bill with a discussion about whether the government can be trusted to inspect, regulate, and penalize big and small facilities adequately -- and fairly.
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Which has a bigger footprint, a coal plant or a solar farm?
It's a common assumption about energy that fossil fuels like coal are "concentrated"� and renewable sources are "diffuse." But it's not true.
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Another report, another BP bashing
Sure, we've heard it before, but the latest conclusion that BP dropped the ball big time comes from a group that knows how to run a big oil rig.
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Live chat with Protect Our Winters Executive Director Chris Steinkamp
Thanks to all who joined us for our live chat with Protect Our Winters Executive Director Chris Steinkamp today. We covered the hot topic of serving as snow protectors of the winter sports community in the face of a hotter planet and a mountain of others. Read the discussion here.
