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Rep. Ed Markey, one of the biggest climate hawks in Congress, is now talking up President Obama's "all-of-the-above" energy strategy, from renewables to oil drilling.
You may not be able to tell from the sublime stillness of his hair, but United Airlines CEO Jeff Smisek...
If it seems like you've seen these proposals before, you have. And they kind of admit it.
The Democrats' platform is less green than it was four years ago -- but they have lots of composting and recycling bins at the convention center.
Can the seed giant patent DNA, even if a farmer comes by it legally? After several courts sided with the company, the Supreme Court will take up one farmer's appeal.
And, worse -- mutations were seen in offspring born far from the radioactivity.
A more likely (if unproven) culprit: the drought in Texas.
With their play "Farmscape," an Iowa professor and her students have brought agribusiness, GMOs, consolidation, and other core tensions of the Midwest farming world to life.
The Senate's top Democrat isn't only throwing punches at Romney. He's also got it in for climate deniers and the coal industry.