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The world's first organic dairy rap video
British organic dairy Yeo Valley has finally given the world what it's always needed: a ridiculously good rap song about organic farming. Watch the magic.
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The politics of palm oil
Revlon’s eyeliners. Nabisco’s Oreo cookies. Caress’ Tahitian Renewal Silkening Exfoliating Pomegranate Seeds & Tahitian Palm Oil Body Wash. These are a few of the hundreds of everyday products containing palm oil — products that Walmart announced last week it would soon require to prove used only sustainably sourced palm oil. Meanwhile, the World Bank stopped […]
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James Cameron, Gordon Moore take on Prop 23
James Cameron and other celebrity donors helped the No on 23 campaign amass a $25.8 million war chest to defeat California's Proposition 23.
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Memo to KFC: Using butts to sell breasts isn't new — just a new low
Why KFC's new Double Down marketing campaign is doubly gross.
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IBM’s OneCity urban fix-it game
IBM is hyping its new flash video game, OneCity, which is sort of a hybrid between SimCity and a well-produced commercial.
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Is the Chevy Volt really an electric car?
The Chevy Volt will be in showrooms soon and that's raising the question of whether it's an electric car wannabe.
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Walmart doubles down on local food
For the second time, the global retail giant Walmart, by far the nation's largest grocer, is rolling out an initiative to localize its food buying.
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Silicon Valley enlists Steve Jobs' wife, Elvis Costello in Prop 23 fight
Laurene Jobs, wife of Apple founder Steve Jobs, donated $200,000 to defeat California's Prop 23 that would suspend the state's global warming law.
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American companies don’t want tar-sands oil on their logos, creating an opening
The most promising responses to the tar sands are the ones that shrink the demand for oil. Shaming companies that use tar-sands oil might help too.
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EPA hands the ethanol lobby a hollow victory
The corn lobby got what it's been clamoring for: the EPA lifted its "blend wall" on ethanol mixes to 15 percent. There's a catch, though, that will make King Corn's victory downright Pyrrhic.