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Which themselves are a likely symptom of climate change.
But now more people are growing obese and getting diseases like cancer and diabetes.
By J. Matthew Roney The fish near the bottom of the aquatic food chain are often overlooked, but they are...
Recent evidence that growing a diversity of crops would solve many of Big Ag's problems is encouraging, but it will take a larger shift in the culture of commodity farming to see any real results.
Steve Hawk and Ami Vitale traveled to the mountains of West Virginia, small-town Michigan, and a reservation in Nevada to match human faces and stories with the cost of coal.
Because you don't get to have nice things, is why.
Airbnb, Uber, Lyft, Sidecar, and others are growing fast, to the horror of government regulators and established businesses.
But don't worry. We're sure fracking is perfectly safe.
Whether we stop the crazy train with a compromise or careen into the ravine, the fiscal cliff presents serious challenges for cities and agriculture.