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The Only Way to Save Your Beloved Bananas Might Be Genetic Engineering
Bananas have reached such all-star status in the American diet that we now consume more of them than apples every year. Yet you're probably used to seeing just one type of banana at your supermarket:...
View Article7 Great Environment Longreads From 2015
From California's nut boom to the green guru of professional sports, it's been a great year for longreads about the environment here at Mother Jones. In case you missed them (or you just want to read...
View ArticleThese 4 Foods Will Be All the Rage in 2016
Packed with protein, loaded with vitamin C, or boasting"15 times the amount of iron in spinach," so-called superfoods continue to seduce health nuts and marketing gurus alike. You probably remember the...
View ArticleThe Feds Just Sued Volkswagen Over Its Emissions Scandal
The Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit on Monday against Volkswagen over charges that the company installed illegal software on more than half a million vehicles sold in the United States that...
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These 19 Big-Name Toothpastes and Face Scrubs Will Be Forced to Ditch Tiny...
Just before Christmas, Congress passed a law banning microbeads—those tiny pieces of plastic that act as exfoliants in face washes, toothpastes, and other personal-care products.Researchers have found...
View ArticleThe Feds Are Now Investigating Chipotle Over That Nasty Norovirus Outbreak
Its plummeting stock price wasn't the only dismal year-end news for Chipotle in 2015.The once hugely popular burrito chain revealed on Wednesday that the company was also served with a grand jury...
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The Obama Administration's New Dietary Guidelines Come Down Hard on One Food
On Thursday, the Obama administration finally announced its new dietary guidelines—the government's highly influential food rules that are updated every five years. The release comes after a year of...
View ArticleThe Company Behind Keystone XL Now Wants $15 Billion From US Taxpayers
In November, environmentalists were ecstatic when President Barack Obama decided not to grant a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. But TransCanada, the company behind the project, was not so happy....
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Here's the Big Problem With Those Low Gas Prices Obama Is So Happy About
In his State of the Union address this week, President Barack Obama gave an approving nod to the price of oil, which is now the lowest it has been in more than a decade."Gas under two bucks a gallon...
View ArticleThe Feds Just Approved Offshore Fish Farming
If you eat seafood, you've likely swallowed some farmed fish: These days, the whale's share of shrimp, tilapia, mussels, and increasingly salmon sold at American restaurants and seafood counters comes...
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2015 Was by Far the Hottest Year on Record
2015 was almost certainly the hottest year since we began keeping records, according to data released today by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In a press release...
View ArticleThere Is a New Video Of Giant Panda Tian Tian Rolling Around In the Snow
Awwwww! Look at it roll! #TianTian is still rolling in the snow, but we're still clearing it for visitors! The Zoo will be closed Jan. 26 while we continue to clear roadways and pathways for humans....
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There May Soon Be More Plastic in the Oceans Than Fish
Discarded plastic will outweigh fish in the world's oceans by 2050, according to a report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. That is, unless overfishing moves the date up sooner.The study, a...
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This Chart Shows Why Your Conspiracy Theory Is Really Dumb
Update, 2/2/2016: Chris Bauch, an editor for PLOS ONE, said in an email that the author of the study we reported on below "should have used a different model for some of the analyses" and that the...
View ArticleObama Wants to Raise Your Gas Prices to Pay for Trains
In his final State of the Union address last month, President Barack Obama promised to"change the way we manage our oil and coal resources, so that they better reflect the costs they impose on...
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The Supreme Court Just Dealt a Huge Blow to Obama's Climate Plan
In a setback for the Obama administration, the Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily halted enforcement of Obama's signature climate initiative.The Clean Power Plan, issued by the Environmental...
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Are Cage-Free Eggs All They're Cracked Up to Be?
Cage-free eggs, once a niche product for ethically minded (and well-off) shoppers, are suddenly a hot commodity with an unlikely customer: Big Food. Sonic and Burger King are the latest to join a slate...
View ArticleWe Have Some Bad News for You About Pretty Much Everywhere
Humans are causing sea levels to rise at the fastest rate in nearly 3,000 years, according to a series of scientific reports released Monday. What's more, the new research concludes that this...
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The Bright Future Ahead for Electric Vehicles, in 4 Charts
Last month, Elon Musk predicted that the electric vehicle industry will "definitely suffer" from low oil prices—a barrel of crude is about $33 today, down from more than $100 a year ago. Why invest in...
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This GOP Congressman’s Crusade Against Scientists Just Got Even More Insane
Congressman Lamar Smith's crusade against the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration keeps getting weirder.Smith (R-Texas), who chairs the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,...
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