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What absorbs water, nutrients, and CO2, while helping even the biggest corn and soy farms hurdle many of the most pressing climate obstacles? Healthy soil, that's what.
Very few companies control most of the food we eat. In this example, we look at the outsized effect the Silk brand has had on the organic soy industry.
BP is claiming in a civil suit that it's pretty much done cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico. The federal government's response: Like hell.
You'll need a kombucha "mother" to make your own. The good news is you don't have to get it from your housemate’s boyfriend, who got it from a girl on Craigslist in exchange for a ride to Portland.
Over the short term, meat prices will drop as the supply spikes. But early next year, prices of staples and meat will rise.
A PBS "Frontline" special chronicles the rise of Tea Party-fueled climate skepticism during Obama's term -- a trend that already appears to be reversing.
Arctic snow on land is melting at an even faster rate per decade than the ice.
Most of us postpone tossing our old toothbrushes in the landfill by putting them to work as cleaning tools. But...
On a scorching hot day last July, I stood on the deck of a boat on the Potomac River and introduced...