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By GristAs Newsweek reports in its latest issue, Grist is launching a newsletter designed specifically for Arizona State University, which has built up an impressive rep on sustainability by doing eve

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By Kate SheppardWhile at the Republican National Convention, I caught up with some of the delegates and others milling around downtown St. Paul to talk about John McCain's climate and energy policies.

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By Kate SheppardDavid and I talked to Jim DiPeso, policy director of Republicans for Environmental Protection, while we were covering the Republican National Convention this week. The group endorsed J

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By Tom PhilpottRaj Patel, author of the searing book Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System, is one of the most trenchant critics of industrial food.According to Patel, one b

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By Tom PhilpottKate Sheppard mentioned it in her tireless coverage of the Republican convention, but it bears highlighting again: The official GOP presidential platform calls for an end to the biofuel

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By Joseph RommFrom McCain's prepared text we see the Arizona senator easily tops Palin's lies: My fellow Americans, when I'm president, we're going to embark on the most ambitious national project

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By Tom PhilpottDan Barber is one of the most highly regarded chefs in the United States. Back in the late 1990s, his small Manhattan restaurant Blue Hill got lots of buzz for Dan's innovative cooking.

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By Lisa J. BuninConsumer market rejection seems to be the ongoing theme of U.S. food politics in the waning days of Bush's inept Food and Drug Administration. Given FDA's repeated failure to protect o

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By Joseph RommTwo major new studies, in Nature and Science, sharply increase the projected sea-level rise (SLR) by 2100. This post discusses the Science study ($ub. req'd), Kinematic Constraints on

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By David Roberts