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One side product of the nation's drought: big increases in the price of corn.
(Reposted from Huffington Post) How weird would it have been if, in the 1960s, the press had reported from Selma,...
It's not clear how soon the melted ice will be coming to a shoreline near you.
You might know her from the label on your favorite cookies, but Paul Newman's daughter is much more than a pretty face. In fact, she's a dyed-in-the-wool sustainable food advocate.
“I’m convinced that this planet is warming and that this is part of the result of that,” says Colorado wildfire...
When temperatures go up, crime often does, too -- which means that as our summers get hotter, more cities could see the kind of violence Chicago experienced this year.
The proposed new standard limiting particulate pollution makes a lot of sense and will save lives. So no wonder certain people will go nuts.
What's driving the decline of the U.S. coal industry? It's not just EPA regs and cheap natural gas. Coal is getting more expensive to produce.
Oh, we forgot one. The existing solution to the mosquito problem is widespread use of insecticide. Probably not much more appealing.
