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The biotech companies told us that GMO crops would save us, but they’ve just created new monsters. Perhaps it’s time for a new approach.

Tom Laskawy Technology July 15, 2013

Residents of northern China lost an average of five years from their lives because the government handed out free coal from 1950 to 1980.

John Upton Climate & Energy July 9, 2013

Rising food prices are one of the hidden causes of Egypt's conflict. And they'll keep fueling discontent until we come up with a better system.

Nathanael Johnson Food and Agriculture August 15, 2013

Hot air, rising seas, and other findings from NOAA's latest State of the Climate report.

Tim McDonnell Climate & Energy August 7, 2013

Most African Americans, Caribbean Americans, and African immigrants live in cities. That doesn’t mean they don’t have deep roots.

Andrea Appleton Culture June 20, 2013

Today's agribusiness patent holders have locked out innovation. The annals of maritime exploration offer a way out. Really!

Nathanael Johnson Technology October 28, 2013

New Mexicans are having to rely on trucked-in water, bears are getting antsy, desperate farmers are selling their water to frackers, and more.

Lisa Hymas Climate & Energy August 6, 2013

Plants engineered to produce their own bug-killing toxins really have helped farmers cut the use of nastier chemical insecticides.

Nathanael Johnson Food and Agriculture October 8, 2013

In an address to her department, the secretary of the interior called climate action a "moral imperative."

Claire Thompson Climate & Energy August 1, 2013

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