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Environment & Health
Taking Our Sweet Crude Time
World leaders are resolving to stop cooking the planet after they're dead.
“Jurassic World” and the Dinosaurs at the USDA
The USDA fails to regulate even as biotechnologists deploy risky new genetic engineering techniques.
Green Party’s Jill Stein Announces She Is Running for President
Dr. Jill Stein officially launches her campaign as a Green Party candidate for president.
Unhappy Meals
McDonald's isn't making its food any better, but it sure wants you to think it is.
Getting Our Story Straight: Honestly Framing the Climate Crisis
A phrase that imparts the emotional impact of what we are doing to the planet, its inhabitants and future generations is “Climate Mayhem.”
Pope Francis Sounds the Alarm on Climate Change
Does a hard-hitting policy statement on climate change make Pope Francis the new environmental prophet?
EPA Forced to Decide This Month on Pesticide’s Fate
The EPA is on the clock to decide the future of a popular pesticide linked to health problems.
Seed Sharing Movement Wins Big With New Legislation
In two states, bills that specifically exempt non-commercial seed sharing from commercial seed laws were recently signed into law.
Pope Francis: “Bold Cultural Revolution” Needed to Save Planet From Climate Change and Consumerism
In his long awaited encyclical on the environment and climate change, Pope Francis has called for swift action to save the planet.
Inside the Power Plant Fueling the US Drought
The Navajo Generating Station is a monument to humanity's outsized confidence that it would always be possible to engineer new solutions to an arid region's environmental limits.