- January 16, 2014
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Cornageddon – Congress Ends Subsidies for Corn-based Ethanol
This is a long overdue. As reported by Detroit News: The United States has ended a 30-year tax subsidy for corn-based ethanol that cost taxpayers $ 6 billion annually, and ended a tariff on imported Brazilian… Read more
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Community sharing concerns about coal – Fri, 26 Aug 2011 PST
- January 16, 2014
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About 100 trains already thunder through Spokane daily. Now imagine 48 more, each stretching over a mile-and-a-half, filled with coal, leaving coal dust and diesel fumes in their wake. DownToEarthNW.com: DTE News… Read more
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New column will inform, educate and help connect – Fri, 24 Apr 2009 PST
- January 15, 2014
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Any day of the week, any season of the year, it’s all too easy to find examples of environmental pollution. Look at any roadway, and you’ll most likely find it sprinkled with litter, or watch the water… Read more
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World Trade Organization Tells U.S. Consumers They Aren't Allowed to Know Food's Country of Origin
- January 15, 2014
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A recent ruling from the World Trade Organization has got me feeling like I need to initiate an “Occupy Your Grocery Store” movement. The WTO has declared that current U.S. food country-of-origin… Read more
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Schools, farms connecting to benefit student meals – Fri, 15 Jul 2011 PST
- January 15, 2014
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Late last month, local farmers, school nutrition staff, and Department of Corrections representatives spent a day touring local farms, sampling locally-produced food, and learning how to wash, peel, chop, dice, and… Read more
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A View of Fall Color from Space
- January 15, 2014
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Check out this view of fall foliage in Pennsylvania, and the corresponding image of summer leaf color, both snapped by a NASA satellite. The images were taken just about a month apart, on September 17 and October… Read more
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