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Teaching a humongous foundation to listen to small farmers
Sam Dryden led the Gates Foundation's farm program for five years, guided less by his background in Big Ag than his upbringing on a hardscrabble Appalachian farm.
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This giant Canadian mine spill doesn’t make us feel good about Alaska’s Pebble Mine
A copper tailings pond discharged more than 10 million cubic meters of waste into nearby water, threatening an important salmon spawning ground.
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Will fracking in the Gulf of Mexico lead to the next Deepwater Horizon?
Deepwater fracking is booming in the Gulf, but nobody has done the research to assess its impact -- and figure out what we need to know when something goes badly wrong.
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Scientists may have found a way to green our electronics with cigarette butts
The discovery could kill two birds with one stone: energy storage and cigarette litter.
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Hey, American CEOs: Who’ll be the first to lead on climate change?
Calling the CEOs of Walmart, Pepsi, Microsoft, and Google, GE, FedX, and Starbucks: Step up now, and you'll be paid back with interest.
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Uber and Lyft discover the true meaning of “rideshare”: The carpool
Adding carpool options brings peer-to-peer cab companies closer to being actual rideshares. But will public transit suffer?
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The Detroit Lions launch a stadium recycling campaign with recycled jerseys
For their Wednesday night practice, the Lions' quarterbacks will sport bright-green jerseys made out of recycled plastic bottles.
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Move over Elon — these kids built an electric car that beats the Tesla S
The student-created Sunswift eVe can travel 310 miles on a single charge and boasts a built-in solar array.
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Ben & Jerry’s makes ice cream-powered ice cream; world peace next
Ben & Jerry's harnesses the power of leftover ice cream and microbes to power its Dutch facility.
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Can the Motor City sell America on the Model T of bicycles?
Detroit Bikes aims to mass-produce simple, light, relatively affordable commuter bicycles -- but you'd better be happy with black.