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Mississippi poised to pass ‘Anti-Bloomberg’ bill banning healthy food regs
The bill would bar local governments from enforcing calorie counts, portion restrictions, or other food reforms at restaurants.
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Is ‘Twilight’ influencing our environmental imagination?
Wonder what’s shaping our warped relationship with the natural world? Look no further than popular literature, says ecocritic George Handley.
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N.Y. Times and Thomas Friedman call for killing Keystone
The New York Times editorial board and Times columnist Thomas Friedman have both come out swinging against the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Activism and policy are not the same thing
Keystone scolds seem to think that what activists are engaged in is a policy proposal. That's stupid.
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Pollution spurs more Chinese protests than any other issue
Rage over environmental abuses has become the leading cause of riots and civil unrest in China.
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New bill would crack down on fish fraud
Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) has introduced legislation that would track fish from ocean to plate to help diners know what they're eating.
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BUILD Act could make it easier to green toxic brownfields
A bipartisan Senate bill would help the EPA and local communities clean up contaminated sites -- good news for the economy and the environment.
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How climate change worsened violence in Syria
International security experts explain how low rainfall can evolve into violent conflict.
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Learning from the cap-and-trade debate
The author of a much-discussed report on failed climate legislation reflects on what she's learned, and what activists need to do next.
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The children: Why a generation is putting itself on the line for the climate
How do you decide that change is worth risking arrest? Three student activists talk about their public motivations and private fears.
