The Latest Threat to Bees? Flu...

May 7, 2015 by

The Latest Threat to Bees? Flupy

[Translate] The government approves a new pesticide called flupyradifurone that environmentalists say threatens wildlife and people....

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Is Corn Ethanol Breaking The L...

May 7, 2015 by

Is Corn Ethanol Breaking The Law?

[Translate] by Joe Romm  CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock Corn ethanol may be breaking the law, according to a study from last...

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California Isn’t the Onl...

May 6, 2015 by

California Isn’t the Only State with Water Woes

[Translate] Environment Forty states will see water shortages in the next decade. By Elaine Povich / Stateline   VIA ALTERNET Photo...

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California’s Drought Could Upe...

May 5, 2015 by

California’s Drought Could Upend America’s Entire Food System

[Translate] AP by Natasha Geiling CLIMATE PROGRESS On April 1, California Governor Jerry Brown stood in a field in the Sierra Nevada...

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Farmers are watering your food...

May 4, 2015 by

[Translate] Shutterstock By Nathanael Johnson GRIST A story in the Los Angeles Times raises disturbing questions about the practice...

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Is 2015 The Year Soil Becomes ...

Apr 29, 2015 by

Is 2015 The Year Soil Becomes Climate Change’s Hottest Topic?

[Translate] by Natasha Geiling  CLIMATE PROGRESS Environmental groups want to make soil a red hot climate change issue. CREDIT:...

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Well Drilling Has Deep Impact ...

Apr 27, 2015 by

Well Drilling Has Deep Impact on Health of Great Plains

[Translate]   By Tim Radford, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     A farmer and his sons struggle through a dust storm in...

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California’s drought isn’t doo...

Apr 27, 2015 by

California’s drought isn’t doomsday, but yes, it will change the state

[Translate] Low water at Folsom Reservoir    Robert Couse-Baker By Nathanael Johnson GRIST As California parches, people in the state...

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How to Save Water, the Califor...

Apr 24, 2015 by

How to Save Water, the Californian Way (Part 2)

[Translate]  The Dirt Contributor For the past century, much of California has relied on an inherently fragile and unreliable...

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GMO Mosquitoes May Be Released...

Apr 23, 2015 by

GMO Mosquitoes May Be Released in the U.S. for First Time

[Translate] Biotech firm Oxitec have given no evidence to support claim that the modified insects will reduce dengue fever. By...

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Our crazy farm subsidies, expl...

Apr 20, 2015 by

Our crazy farm subsidies, explained

[Translate] By Amelia Urry   GRIST Nearly every industrialized nation on Earth subsidizes agriculture to some extent. It’s a way to...

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How can we stop farmer suicide...

Apr 16, 2015 by

How can we stop farmer suicides?

[Translate] Grist / Grant Wood By Madeleine Thomas  GRIST Trigger warning: This piece discusses suicide, depression, and suicide’s...

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GARDENING FOR ALL

Apr 15, 2015 by

GARDENING FOR ALL

[Translate] « Bringing Nature to the Neighborhood THE DIRT  by Jared Green Backyard, community, and therapeutic gardens are becoming...

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Investors Chip In as Renewable...

Apr 13, 2015 by

Investors Chip In as Renewables Rise Toward Record Level

[Translate]   By Tim Radford, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     Power towers at a solar electricity facility in...

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America has fewer and larger f...

Apr 13, 2015 by

America has fewer and larger farms. Here’s why that matters

[Translate]  <iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/x7TkEM19GzE”...

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Forests Can Soak Up a Third of...

Apr 11, 2015 by

Forests Can Soak Up a Third of Carbon Emissions

[Translate] TRUTHDIG By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network     Logging is a major factor in the serious loss of forest cover in...

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Making almonds the drought’s s...

Apr 10, 2015 by

Making almonds the drought’s scapegoat? That’s nuts

[Translate] Shutterstock By Nathanael Johnson   GRIST Almonds have become the poster-nut for human wastefulness in California’s...

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The California Water Crisis Is...

Apr 9, 2015 by

The California Water Crisis Isn’t About Lifestyle—It’s About Crops

[Translate] Larry’s List  TRUTHDIG There’s something that everyone, including The New York Times, is getting wrong about the...

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After Cesar Chavez: The fight ...

Apr 6, 2015 by

After Cesar Chavez: The fight for farmworker rights isn’t over

[Translate] U.S. National Archives and Records Administration By Brentin Mock The irony of nonviolent resistance is that it needs...

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CALIFORNIA DREAM MEETS REALITY

Apr 4, 2015 by

CALIFORNIA DREAM MEETS REALITY

[Translate]   Homes in Rancho Mirage, Calif., in the Coachella Valley. Gov. Jerry Brown has ordered a 25 percent statewide reduction...

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Agribusiness Giant Adopts Hist...

Apr 2, 2015 by

Agribusiness Giant Adopts Historic No-Deforestation Policy

[Translate] by Natasha Geiling  CLIMATE PROGRESS A soy field cuts into a forest in Brazil. CREDIT: Shutterstock On Tuesday, search...

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Climate-Smart Success Stories

Mar 28, 2015 by

Climate-Smart Success Stories

[Translate] Anders Larsson  Planet Forward, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at the George Washington University Do you think...

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California Water Wars: Another...

Mar 25, 2015 by

[Translate]   By Ellen Brown, The Web of Debt Blog | News Analysis In California’s epic drought, wars over water rights...

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Earth at Risk in New Epoch Rul...

Mar 23, 2015 by

Earth at Risk in New Epoch Ruled by Destructive Humans

[Translate]   By Paul Brown, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     A nighttime image compiled from satellite data shows many...

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New Report Shows That The Most...

Mar 23, 2015 by

New Report Shows That The Most Popular Weed-Killer In The U.S. Probably Causes Cancer

[Translate] by Emily AtkinCLIMATE PROGRESS Spraying Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup could cause cancer, the World Health Organization...

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This Is What Humanity’s ...

Mar 22, 2015 by

This Is What Humanity’s Impact On The Planet Looks Like

[Translate]   A new photo book from conservation experts aims to shine a light on humanity’s impact on the planet and...

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To Solve California’s Water Cr...

Mar 21, 2015 by

[Translate] Sonali Kolhatkar  TRUTHDIG   Irrigation water running along a dried-up ditch between rice farms in Richvale, check Calif....

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Guerilla gardening: strategies...

Mar 21, 2015 by

Guerilla gardening: strategies for greening up your neighborhood

[Translate] by Abigail Doan, sales INHABITAT Regardless of whether you are an urban, physician suburban, cialis or rural dweller,...

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Seed Libraries Are Sprouting U...

Mar 18, 2015 by

Seed Libraries Are Sprouting Up Across the Planet, and Corporate Dominated Govts Are Trying to Stop Them

[Translate] Environment Amid government crackdown, seed libraries expand biodiversity and food access. By Christopher D. Cook /...

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Eat at Your Own Risk: Flawed F...

Mar 10, 2015 by

Eat at Your Own Risk: Flawed FDA Risk Assessments Strengthen Arguments for Labeling GMOs

[Translate]  By Alex James, Truthout | Op-Ed (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) For the past two decades, developers of genetically...

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