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The Faces of Famine
09/22/2011BY TYLER HICKS Famine is sweeping across southern Somalia and sending a stream of desperate people into Mogadishu. Tens of thousands…
Read MoreGreen Festival Comes to Los Angeles
09/21/2011For the past ten years, the Green Festival has been an annual or bi-annual event in San Francisco. The Green Festival…
Read More“From Dirt to Shirt in Less Than 700 Miles”
09/21/2011by Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York When folks go on about how the market is so efficient, it’s hard not to…
Read MoreHow Green is Apple’s iCloud?
09/21/2011A Cloud of Magical Apple Unicorn Dust or Mercury-Laden Coal Ash? When Apple officially announced its iCloud service yesterday – after…
Read MoreAs Extreme Weather Rocks Nation, GOP Blocks Climate Adaptation Efforts
09/21/2011Last year, natural disasters left 42 million people homeless — twice as many as in 2009. 10% of those people were…
Read Moreby Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York
09/21/2011Mattel is the nation’s largest and most iconic toy company, and the creator of perhaps the most famous and enduring toy…
Read MoreOrganic Trade Association Responds to Critics About GMO Stance
09/21/2011by Jeff Nield, Vancouver, British Columbia The Organic Trade Association (OTA) has responded to levelled against it in a recently released…
Read MoreGlobal Warming to Disrupt Food Supply in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, New Study Warns
09/21/2011The Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), which is part of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural…
Read MoreNatural Disasters Left 42 Million People Homeless Last Year
09/21/2011by Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York Twice as Many People Were Displaced by Natural Disasters in 2010 as 2009 The massive flooding…
Read MoreIn Montana, Relics Unearthed of Crow Tribe’s Eviction
09/21/2011ABSAROKEE, Mont. — The bitter tale of Indian-white conflict that unfolded at this spot more than a century ago was told…
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