Cities
Second-Class City Zen
In down-and-out cities like Oakland, St. Louis, and Knoxville, there's a hunger for fresh energy and ideas.
While the leadership of Slow Food USA has been working to broaden their audience and incorporate more advocacy and food access work, a vocal group of critics inside the movement accuses the group of straying too far from the kitchen.
The next wave of genetic engineering uses microRNA to control pests on industrial farms. But new research out of China shows it could have adverse health effects for human digestion.
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In down-and-out cities like Oakland, St. Louis, and Knoxville, there's more freedom to do your thing, and a hunger for fresh energy and ideas. That's why this writer went looking for a little bit of Cleveland on the West Coast.
Though it's tempting to strive to stay above political brawls, 2012 is the year when the clean-energy industry needs to fight back against right-wing trash talk and show the country what it's made of.
The Environmental Working Group says climate change activists should be concerned about proposed cuts to farm bill conservation programs, which would be the carbon-emissions equivalent of adding 2 million cars a year to America's roads.
Will Obama stick to his guns and reject the Keystone XL pipeline? If he's smart he will.
Call it the bright side of globalization: From her Berkeley office, Andree Sosler distributes cheap, clean, efficient cooking stoves to women in the Darfur region of Sudan.
This month, the EPA is expected to finally release limits for safe exposure to dioxins in food. Industry groups -- like the United Egg Producers, National Meat Association, and National Milk Producers Federation -- are stepping up to say: shhh!
A year and a half ago, two Dutchmen set out by bike to spread the word about the global water crisis. Fourteen thousand miles later, they say the real work still lies ahead -- but first, they'd like to kick it with beers and a couple of nice girls.
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