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How to not lose your shirt when the climate goes bust
Mike Bloomberg, Tom Steyer, and Hank Paulson give the thinking businessperson a handy guide to how bad climate change is for business -- and how urgently we must act.
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Organic farming is so much harder than just getting stoned and picking tomatoes
"A Farm Dies Once a Year" offers an unretouched look at growing up on an iconic organic farm -- along with some hope for the movement's future.
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Cargo ships carry a lot of climate baggage
The shipping industry must make huge cuts in CO2 emissions in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change.
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How we can fight back against herbicide-resistant superweeds
Roundup is losing potency as weeds evolve resistance. Seed companies want to move to other herbicides. Is farming stuck in a spray-rinse-repeat cycle?
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Nebraska utility is phasing out some coal units, and it won’t cost that much
The Omaha Public Power District announced that it will retire three coal units in the next two years -- thanks to public opinion and new regs.
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Pennsylvania ordered its health workers to never discuss fracking
Two former state employees say they were told not to return phone calls of residents who complained that fracking was harming their health.
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Celebrate solar power at a solstice event this weekend
"Put Solar on It" events are being staged around the country on Saturday.
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Pesticide and GMO companies spend big to influence politics in Hawaii
Big Ag corporations use Hawaii as a testing ground, and they're pouring money into the state to make sure citizen activists don't get their way.
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Attention, Hells Angels: Your electric Harley is now ready
That's right, Harley Davidson is rolling out an e-bike. Now, how to get the rank and file to buy in?
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Federal bill would wash away plastic microbead problem
At least one member of Congress wants to get plastic microbeads out of our grooming products -- and out of our waterways.