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Feeding the World: UN Lauds Small-Scale, Sustainable Agriculture

Feb 27, 2015 11:29AM

Pushing back against free trade agreements that favor multinationals, a United Nations Commission has called for more diversity, less fertilizer and smaller-scale farms.

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Salty Harvest: Seaweed May Be the New Lettuce

Feb 27, 2015 11:29AM

As sea vegetables such as kelp and dulse show up on more menus, entrepreneurial fishermen are starting to farm these crops.

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Stop Drops: How to Find and Fix Leaking Pipes

Feb 27, 2015 11:29AM

Water leaks can damage homes and silently siphon money out of household budgets, but there are simple ways to detect and fix them.

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Holy Batastrophe!: Wind Turbines a Kill Zone for European Bats

Feb 27, 2015 11:29AM

Bats are so critical to insect control that they are protected in many European countries, yet high numbers are being killed by whirling hard-edged wind turbines.

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Frack Attack: Drilling Poisons Both Water and Air

Feb 27, 2015 11:29AM

A leading scientist has detected poisonous chemicals both in groundwater and in the air near fracking sites and warns of the long-term risk of cancer in nearby areas.

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Forward Leap: Batteries that Last 1,000 Years

Jan 30, 2015 11:19AM

Pine resin and alfalfa seeds are components of a Swedish chemical product that could enable lithium-ion batteries to be recharged for a millennium.

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Greenwashing Conundrum: Biodegradable Plastic Bags Are a Hoax

Jan 30, 2015 11:19AM

Plastic bags are being marketed as “biodegradable” or “oxodegradable” on scant evidence, says the Federal Trade Commission.

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GMO Pushback: Hawaii Lobbies for Anti-GMO Laws

Jan 30, 2015 11:19AM

Supporters of a law banning GMO crops on the islands of Maui, Lanai and Molokai are slugging it out in court with Monsanto and Dow.

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Potent Promises: Climate Change Pledges Predict Progress

Jan 30, 2015 11:18AM

The recent carbon targets agreed upon by President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping—the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies—signal a big step forward in emissions control.

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European Eco-Cooperation: Linking Oceans and Human Health

Jan 30, 2015 11:18AM

Newly-emphasized threats to oceans from toxic plastic trash and rising temperatures lend urgency to an organized European effort to study and protect sea waters.

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