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FDA set to accept junk science for 'Frankenfish' safety studies
A new salmon combines genes from Chinook salmon and the ocean pout, and often ends up deformed as a result. So why is the FDA about to approve it based solely on flawed studies by its creator, AquaBounty?
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New Coal Ash Video and Facebook App Aim to Educate, Engage
You’ve seen our push against toxic coal ash continue over the past few months as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeks public comment on how to regulate coal ash. Our push continues this week with the unveiling of a new coal ash video we produced and a Facebook application. Take a look at the video […]
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Water for a Wife
In parts of the West African nation of Ghana, water has become so scarce that young women ask suitors about the distance to sources of clean water in their communities before accepting marriage proposals. Where water is hard to find, food is also often scarce, so girls are interrogating potential husbands about their ability to […]
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Senators renew efforts to rein in EPA on regulating greenhouse gases
Well, that didn't take long. Congress is barely back in town and already there's talk of yet another attempt to rein in the EPA.
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Does climate change cause storms and civil wars?
There's a long history of disputes over whether climate change causes this or that unpleasantness. These disputes tend to be conceptually muddled.
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A Portland group pulverizes pavement to make way for green space
Have you ever gotten so sick of the sight of asphalt that you just wanted to take a sledgehammer to it and start smashing? Meet Depave, the Portland, Ore., group that lives the dream. Since 2007, this all-volunteer squad of pavement-bashers has ripped the asphalt and concrete from 14 sites in the Portland area, making way for community gardens, sustainable schoolyards, and green space.
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'High-fructose corn syrup'? Never heard of it
Consumers turning against your product? Change its name on ingredient lists! Buh-bye, much-maligned HFCS, and hello, sweetly natural "corn sugar."
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Is global warming frying conservative brains in Alaska and Delaware?
A prediction: The next senator from Delaware will know that global warming is real and will support a cap on carbon emissions. That description fits the Democratic nominee Chris Coons, who is running unopposed in tomorrow’s primary, and GOP Rep. Mike Castle. It does not fit Castle’s primary opponent, the Tea Party Express-funded Christine O’Donnell. […]
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Nearly all GOP Senate candidates deny global warming
Nearly all of the Republican candidates for Senate dispute the scientific consensus that the United States must act to fight global warming pollution.
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Feed-in tariffs saved French ratepayers money they would have otherwise spent
The cost of French feed-in tariffs for renewable energy over and above the cost of conventional fuels was negative in 2008.
