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The USDA tells farmers to decrease their risk by diversifying their crops. But when subsidies make corn so profitable, it's an uphill battle to change planting habits.
The $12 billion the U.S. government earned by selling off publicly owned oil, gas, and coal is just a smiiiidge offset by some other costs.
“Dark and cold we may be, but this Is no winter now. The frozen misery Of centuries breaks, cracks, begins...
Decades-old urban planning efforts have resulted in many lower-income New Yorkers living along the city's coastlines.
As a result, sea levels have gone up 11 millimeters from ice melt alone.
A letter from our northern neighbors on the tar sands, Keystone XL, and creating a clean energy economy.
Byron Hurt's film aims to "speak directly to an African American audience" in ways that other food films haven't.
A USDA report predicts tough times ahead for U.S. agriculture. Meanwhile, many farmers don't see climate change as a problem.
High temperatures hamper economic growth in poor countries but not in rich countries. That does not make for a good political dynamic.
