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Will the Food Safety Modernization Act harm small farms or producers?
Voting on S. 510 could happen Wednesday. If this food-safety bill passes, it will greatly expand the FDA's authority and lessen food-borne illnesses. But in doing so, will it knee-cap America's nascent local-food system? Grist's panel of experts take their gloves off for an epic debate.
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So what's EPA up to with its CO2 regulations?
This week we've gotten a glimpse at EPA's plans for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from "stationary sources" (power plants, factories, etc.).
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What the FDA doesn’t want you to know about GE salmon
The Center for Food Safety has found evidence the FDA is excluding the government's own marine scientists from the GE salmon approval process.
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How the Wall Street Journal twisted the facts on transmission
The Wall Street Journal recently published an editorial, "The Great Transmission Heist," that took a swing at renewable energy. That's not surprising. What is surprising is that the piece wholly abandoned not only the facts, but fundamental market principles related to the energy sector.
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Will the Food Safety Modernization Act better protect us from contaminated food?
Our invited panel of experts -- and two scrappy Grist readers -- debate whether the bill now before the Senate will decrease large-scale food-borne illness outbreaks of the type we've recently seen in eggs and peanut butter.
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The Climate Post: Climate scientists: It’s war
700 climate scientists agreed to speak out as experts about global warming. Plus, coal enjoys November and the Copenhagen failure costs $1 trillion.
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My debate on energy policy with Steve Everley — watch it! [VIDEO]
Watch a highlight reel or full video of David Roberts' debate with Steve Everley, policy director at Newt Gingrich's shop, American Solutions.
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Veterans Day, the new Earth Day?
It's a provocative argument that a clean-energy revolution depends on the military signing up. The good news is that it already has.
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Rep. Ed Markey makes bid for ranking spot on Natural Resources Committee
Since his committee on climate change is being disbanded, and action on climate change is almost certain to stall for many years, Rep. Ed Markey is heading over to the Natural Resources Committee, where he can defend the EPA and investigate the oil industry.
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Christie finds the Right’s kingmakers demand orthodoxy on climate change
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie brings the latest evidence that there's no room in the Right's top ranks for anything but suspicion of climate science.
