What’s the Beef?
Lab-grown meat could resolve the environmental and ethical problems
of industrial agriculture. But will we eat it? By Tom Levitt
Rough Waters Ahead
A rafting trip through Utah’s Desolation Canyon, under the shadow of
oil and gas development. By Jeremy Miller
Science Friction
We like to believe science is the ultimate trump card. Time to think again.
By Robert J. Cabin
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Americans in Biggest Cities Driving Less
"The driving boom is over"
Even if you saw agitating, bumper-to-bumper traffic during your morning commute, know that the numbers say things are changing. The average American drives 7.6 percent fewer miles today than when per-capita driving peaked in 2004, according to a report issued today by…
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The “Bridge Fuel” of Natural Gas Appears Broken
Harvard study blows apart obama and brown’s arguments for in favor of gas
Democrats like to label the GOP the “anti-science party” – but, well, you know what they say about people who live in glass houses. In his last two State of the Union addresses, President Obama gave natural gas his full throated endorsement,…
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California Coastal Commission Urged to Ban Fracking State Waters
Oil drillers using hazardous chemicals, pumping wastewater into coastal waters, shows new analysis
We now know that hydraulic fracturing has already been underway in state and federal waters off California’s coast for more than two decades. Recent media reports have revealed that federal regulators have permitted fracking in the Pacific Ocean at least 12 times…
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Anti GE Tree Activists Kicked Off Florida University Campus, Spied on by FBI
Colleges and universities offer little room for informed discourse on plant biotech
A few months ago, while reporting an article about genetically engineered trees for Earth Island Journal’s Autumn issue (read the story here), I had a mighty hard time locating plant biologists or genetic engineers at academic institutions who were willing to talk…
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Why I’m Eating My Words on Veganism – Again
Al Gore has gone vegan, a diet I was once skeptical about. Now I believe it is meat-eating that is more environmentally damaging
He did it quietly, and the decision is the better for that: Al Gore, according to reports in the US press, has gone vegan. Photo by NDSU Ag Comm/FlickrBy preventing the growth of trees and other deep vegetation in the hills, and…
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Will We See a Global Climate Change Agreement in 2015?
Warsaw talks forge a murky path towards an international climate pact at COP-21
Last week, government delegates and climate activists wrapped up the 19th round of United Nations international climate negotiations in Warsaw, Poland. And though the talks may not have accomplished all that climate activists hoped for, many participants remain optimistic that a meaningful…
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Can Genetically Modified Foods Trigger Gluten Sensitivity?
New study links GMOs to conditions that either may trigger or exacerbate gluten-related disorders
A new report links genetically modified organisms (GMOs) with gluten-related disorders and suggests GMOs might be an important environmental trigger for gluten sensitivity, estimated to affect as many as 18 million Americans. Photo by Lindsay EyinkA GMO corn research field. The report…
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- Michael Pollan
- The food journalist discusses his new book, Cooked, and the state of the sustainable agriculture movement.
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- What do you think: Is peak oil smart talk, or does it miss the point?
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- Conservative Bjorn Philip Beer says that environmentalism follows the thinking of Edmund Burke.
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