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Here's the good news about Earth from this year
As Earth completes another rotation around the sun, we’ve got a lot to reflect on. The past 12 months have been big ones, both for humanity and for the planet — and, honestly, a lot of it was garbage....
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This map shows where wild bees are in decline
You don’t have to be a world-class economist to know that if you have a product (supply) that lots of people are willing to pay for (demand), you probably shouldn’t kill whoever’s making it....
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The Robin Hood of Leftovers
Making use of leftovers this time of year can be hard. Now imagine that instead of finishing your family’s extra mashed potatoes and gravy, you’re in charge of the extra food produced by a school or...
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The lingering health effects of the Civil War
A map of deaths from heart disease reveals the American South ablaze in red; of the 10 states with the highest rate of death from heart disease among white people in 2010, all but two are below the...
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Why isn't the U.S. counting meat producers' climate emissions?
This story was originally published by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Subscribe to the podcast and learn more at...
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Stop the overuse of antibiotics on factory farms
IMAGINE if a new type of infectious bacteria were to be unleashed on the United States, one that was largely immune to current treatment. Tens of thousands of people could die each year, with the...
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You Can’t Trust What You Read About Nutrition
As the new year begins, millions of people are vowing to shape up their eating habits. This usually involves dividing foods into moralistic categories: good/bad, healthy/unhealthy,...
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APNewsBreak: EPA says pesticide harms bees in some cases
WASHINGTON (AP) — A major pesticide harms honeybees when used on cotton and citrus but not on other big crops like corn, berries and tobacco, the Environmental Protection Agency found. In its first...
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As if slavery weren’t enough, 6 other reasons to avoid shrimp
Ah, shrimp. Americans can't get enough of it: Per capita consumption has doubled since the early '80s, and we now eat on average about four pounds per year of the briny crustacean. Not even tuna and...
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The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare
Rob Bilott was a corporate defense attorney for eight years. Then he took on an environmental suit that would upend his entire career — and expose a brazen, decades-long history of chemical pollution....
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The FDA Just Banned These Chemicals in Food. Are They the Tip of the Iceberg?
On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will withdraw its approval for three chemicals used to make grease, stain, and water repelling food packaging and consider...
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Unnatural Balance: How Food Waste Impacts World’s Wildlife by Richard...
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A progressive year-long storytelling effort of the Obama Administration’s work on behalf of those living, working and raising families in rural America
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Uncle Sam Will Finally Let Your SNAP Benefits Go Toward a CSA Share
A recent change in the Farm Bill allows SNAP beneficiaries to go the subscription-agriculture route. The very thing that makes the community supported agriculture model a boon for farmers—customers pay...
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America's food system could be even more vulnerable than we thought
For billions of people around the world, the most immediate threat posed by climate change is at the dinner table, as staple crops face a steadily worsening onslaught of drought, heat waves, and other...
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6 great reasons to give up shrimp for good
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Ah, shrimp. Americans can’t get enough of it: Per capita consumption has doubled...
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In 'Heirloom Harvest,' Old-School Portraits Of Vegetable Treasures
A daguerreotype of Jack-Be-Little Squash, an heirloom variety from plant conservationist Amy Goldman's farm in New York's Hudson Valley. Jerry Spagnoli hide caption Jerry Spagnoli is a leading expert...
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Climate change could have a bigger impact on developed countries' food systems
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For billions of people around the world, the most immediate threat posed by climate...
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Here's new news about pesticides and bees
Bees are struggling, and several environmental organizations want to try to help them out by banning neonicotinoid pesticides. Now the EPA has published an assessment showing that one particular...
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Mexican Soda Tax Followed by Drop in Sugary Drink Sales
A tax on sugary drinks implemented in 2014 in Mexico appears to have had a significant impact: After one year, sales of sugary beverages in the country fell as much as 12 percent while bottled water...
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