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Too big to prosecute: How Monsanto slipped the DOJ’s grasp
The DOJ wasn't "prepared to bite the bullet" and prosecute its antitrust case against Monsanto.
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Frankenfoods hitch a ride through Congress — but you can help stop them
If the "Monsanto rider" becomes law, no judge could halt genetically modified foods from making it onto your table. Is that so wrong?
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Obama to require climate assessments for big projects like highways and pipelines
Federal agencies will soon have to consider climate change impacts when they do environmental impact assessments.
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Why Bloomberg’s soda ban fizzled
The court's message to the New York City mayor boiled down to: "Screw you and your big ideas -- play by our rules or not at all."
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Help Henry Waxman write a new carbon-tax bill
The Democratic rep is seeking public feedback as he designs a new climate bill. Herein I offer my two cents.
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Could Waxman’s new bill offer fresh hope for a carbon tax?
Waxman and several other Democratic lawmakers are grinding out bills that would make polluters pay for their greenhouse gas emissions.
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Another George Bush runs for office in Texas, talks up oil and gas drilling
George Prescott Bush, son of Jeb Bush, has kicked off a campaign to run for Texas land commissioner next year. Drill, baby Bush, drill!
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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.
