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Obama's example of crazy regulation missed the mark

President Obama's op-ed in the Wall Street Journal touted the EPA's deregulation of an artificial sweetener. Here's the back story.

Rena Steinzor Politics January 19, 2011

Ask Umbra Book Club: The history of ‘adulterated’ food and gross-food urban legends

Give us this day our daily bread, as long as we know what went into it.Photo: LaCheryl PorterDearest readers, Last...

Ask Umbra® Food and Agriculture February 15, 2011

Think tainted Chinese pork is scary? Check out the nearest supermarket meat case

Now, what dodgy stuff did Philpott say was on this? In Meat Wagon, we round up the latest outrages from...

Tom Philpott Food and Agriculture March 19, 2011

What's the real potential for behavior-change programs?

We haven't yet seen even a fraction of the potential for electric utility programs designed to influence customers to use less energy.

David Roberts Climate & Energy January 15, 2011

Germany continues breaking clean energy records

A German wind farm.Photo: Dirk Ingo FrankeAs the nuclear reactor accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant continues to dominate the...

Paul Gipe Science March 25, 2011

What’s the matter with elasticities? (Answer: maybe nothing)

Price-elasticities — dimensionless parameters that express the extent to which a price increase triggers a usage decrease — are central...

Charles Komanoff Politics April 29, 2011

A little background on the EPA’s new mercury and air toxics rule

Cross-posted from the Natural Resources Defense Council. Today, the EPA announced the most important actions to clean up air pollution...

John Walke Science March 16, 2011

Stocking the Broke-Ass pantry, and the magical three-day chicken

Making great meals from bubkes is easy when you do it the Broke-Ass way!Broke-Ass has often been asked how she...

Broke-Ass Grouch Culture April 21, 2011

It’s time to rethink Japan’s energy future

Nearly four weeks after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan, emergency personnel are still struggling to stabilize the...

J. Matthew Roney Energy April 8, 2011

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