Tag: united states
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Industrial Hemp: The Answer for a Greener Future
Bringing It Home explores the question of why a crop with so many widespread benefits cannot be farmed in the U.S. by illustrating its history, current industries and talking to both opponents and proponents of the industrial hemp farming legalization …
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Michael Pollan on the Links Between Biodiversity and Health
“I think when you bring the concepts of ecology into your body, that’s a revolutionary new paradigm for medicine and for the philosophy of human identity. It breaks down the ‘us and them’ attitude we bring to nature …
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We Know Who You Are: 71 Senators Reject States’ Right to Label GMOs
And we will make sure that every one of those Senators knows that if they support any amendment or rider to the Farm Bill that would preempt state labeling laws, that if they fight labeling laws in any of their home states, we’ll support efforts to recall them where possible, or oppose them if recall…
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100+ Ski Resorts Sign Climate Declaration Calling for U.S. Policy Action on Climate Change
Resorts have made tremendous efforts to raise awareness on the issue of climate change and to adjust our operations to reduce carbon emissions and manage resources efficiently. We need Washington to take those strategies seriously through stronger poli…
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Our Forests Aren’t Fuel: New Campaign Against Burning American Forests for Electricity
Recent scientific reports document that burning whole trees to produce electricity actually increases greenhouse gas pollution in the near-term compared with fossil fuels and emits higher levels of multiple air pollutants …