How Can Soy Reduce Its Environmental Impact?
Soy is a staple in much of our food, but it's associated with monocropping, pesticides, and deforestation. How can soy be more sustainable?
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Screw Climate Change. We Ranked the Bananas.
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Organic and Fair Trade Certifications: What Are the...
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Asthma: Air Pollution Is Disproportionately Harming Marginalized Communities
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5 Little Known Facts About the Paris Agreement....
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What We’re Getting Wrong About Natural Resources
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How Puerto Rico’s El Yunque National Forest Responded...
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Mercury: The “Mad Hatter” Chemical Still Persists in...
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Quiz: How Many Mice Are in Your Walls?
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How Does North Dakota Overcome Their Oil Woes?
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The Cannabis Industry Consumes Over 1% Of Total...
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What Comes Next for Fracking in Louisiana?
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Mosquitoes: How Climate Change Increases Populations of the...
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Could Capturing Carbon Help Combat Climate Change?
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Can You Spot the Differences? Lab Grown Meat...
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Wearing a Blindfold and Four Other Ways Oil...
pesticides
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How Do We Save the Bees?
In the most recent wave of losses, beekeepers in the United States lost 45.5 percent of their managed honeybee colonies.
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Mosquitoes: How Climate Change Increases Populations of the World’s Deadliest Animal
Between malaria and other diseases, mosquitoes cause 1 million human deaths per year. Could climate change make those numbers even worse?
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What Are the Environmental and Economic Issues Facing Rubber Production?
Natural rubber is widely considered more climate-friendly and a better product than synthetic rubber, but it still presents some issues.
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How Can the Chocolate Industry Be Greener and More Humane?
The cocoa oligopoly is driving West African farmers into deep poverty, leading to deforestation and child labor. But there is a path forward.
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How Temperature Rise, Late Frosts, and Wildfires Are Changing the Wine Industry
Winemaking is all about controlling flavor. Could climate change make our favorite wines taste different, or even wipe them out entirely?
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Rising Temperatures Are Changing the Taste of Tea
Between climate threats, environmental degradation, and human rights issues, there's a lot of tea to spill about our favorite hot beverage.
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DDT: The Pesticide Behind Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring” Still Persists Today
The toxic pesticide is still used to control malaria in many parts of the world where economical alternatives aren't available.
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How Does America’s Corn Obsession Impact the Environment and Economy?
Corn agriculture degrades our climate, land, and health, all for a product we primarily use for ethanol and animal feed.
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Lawn Pesticides Aren’t All Good or All Bad
What are the impacts of various lawn pesticides on public health and the environment and what improvements could be made?
