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The New Yorker food issue, ranked by kale factor
To assess this particular Moment in Food, there is no better gauge than counting the number of times a writer mentions kale.
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Black lawmakers push back against coal utilities’ new trick
Utilities are using black lawmakers to drive up prices on clean energy -- and the long-term health of low-income communities of color hangs in the balance.
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How can we get power to the poor without frying the planet?
Nearly 1.3 billion people lack access to electricity, but bringing them up to a western level of consumption of fossil fuels will fry the planet. What's the ethical path forward?
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No, sorry, but Peru is not organic-food heaven
Peru may have banned GMOs, but the success it has seen in feeding its people has a lot more to do with smart economic policies.
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Climate change makes us want to punch someone, says science
The National Bureau of Economic Research points out the connection between climate change and ... bar fights?
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All that light pollution is wasting energy AND making you sick
Our addiction to electricity is giving everyone jet lag.
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This fracking protest is more like Bonnaroo than Occupy
Who wouldn't want to get down to Britney Spears' "Toxic" at a fracking protest?
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The Anthropocene is here, whether geologists make it official or not
Humans rule the world, for worse or for worse.
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So long, Soylent. World remembers that eating rules
Its popularity may be waning as folks try to offload the stuff on Craigslist. No powdery tears were cried for the bland meal replacement.
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We don’t, and can’t, know how much it will cost to tackle climate change
Report after report claims to tell us how much climate action will cost this century. But no matter how much faux specificity our climate economic models produce, the fact is that we cannot know.
