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Markese Bryant: From the mean streets to the green economy
When he was 20, Bryant was arrested for selling crack cocaine. Today, he's fighting to give African American youth opportunities that he never had.
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Walmart bribed its way around Mexico’s environmental rules
Millions in illegal payments paved the way for new Walmart stores in environmentally fragile and congested areas south of the border.
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An oil spill at a bird sanctuary caps Staten Island’s terrible year
Knock on wood, anyway.
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By 2017, the world will be burning enough coal for another U.S. and Russia
Burning all that additional coal will add some 3.4 billion tons of additional carbon dioxide to the atmosphere every year.
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Will the FDA keep hiding most data on farm antibiotic use?
The FDA has been protecting big agriculture's trade secrets and ignoring the public's right to know.
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Coal museum installs solar panels to save money (obviously)
Because coal belongs in a museum, and solar panels belong on roofs.
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Soot pollution may cause as many as 3.2 million premature deaths a year
Which is why efforts to reduce particulate pollution as a vital public health issue.
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Fracking companies want to ship wastewater by barge, since boats never spill
The Coast Guard is currently reviewing the request from fracking companies. One scientist says, "Oh, crap. A lot of things could go wrong."
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Reliance on coal forces another company into bankruptcy
In case you're wondering, investors, the hills are that-a-way.
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From farm to table, we’re losing tons of food
Forty percent of the food grown in the U.S. is trashed -- and a lot of it is still perfectly edible.