The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Could Crowd-Sourced Organic Seed Banks Save Our Agricultural Future?
Navdanya has become a network of seed keepers spread across 17 Indian states, providing crucial sanctuaries of biodiversity.
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Are We Falling Off the Climate Precipice? Scientists Consider Extinction
If the record ongoing releases of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere are aided and abetted by massive releases of methane, an even more powerful greenhouse gas, life as we humans have known it might be at an end on this planet.
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Brazil's Terminator Seed Bill Threatens to Upend Global Agriculture Safety
In a move that could threaten the 13-year global moratorium on terminator seeds, Brazilian lawmakers are now attempting to push through legislation that defies a UN agreement dating back to the 2000 Convention on Biological Diversity.
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McKibben: Obama, Climate Change and the Real Story of this Presidency
When the world looks back at the Obama years half a century from now, one doubts they'll remember the health care website; one imagines they'll study how the most powerful government on Earth reacted to the sudden, clear onset of climate change.
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Why Boulder Voted to Abandon Xcel Energy In Favor of City-Owned Power Utility
Moving utilities from corporate to public control puts energy, dollars and decisions into the hands of local communities. More than 1,000 municipal utilities already function in the U.S. serving 50 million customers, a population greater than Spain's.
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Meatless Mondays: How Norway's Army Is Eating Less Flesh to Fight Climate Change
Norwegian troops will eat only vegetarian meals on Mondays, cutting meat consumption by about 330,000 pounds per year in an effort to reduce the overwhelming amount of greenhouse gas emissions caused by global livestock production.
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Activists Lock Down in Oklahoma to Highlight Tar Sands "Sacrifice Zones"
Two activists locked themselves inside a revolving door at the Devon Tower in Oklahoma City in protest of Devon’s involvement in tar sands extraction and fracking.
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Clock Ticking, British Columbia Residents Rally to Oppose New Coal Terminal
Combined coal exports from the Fraser Surrey Docks and the recently approved Neptune Terminal would reach 14 million metric tons per year, and the "streamlined" process of environmental review has meant less time for public input.
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A Consumer Guide for Boycotting Factory Farms
There are plenty of reasons to boycott factory farms, including the top two: your health and animal welfare. But the big-picture reason is this. The only way to feed the world and restore climate stability is to restore efficiency to our food system.
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Mexican Senate Votes to Privatize Oil Industry As Legislators Padlock Doors in Protest
Mexico's Senate has overwhelmingly approved an energy reform to permit the biggest oil industry opening in 75 years, sending it to the lower house where leftists padlocked doors to the chamber to stop lawmakers from debating the bill.
