Environment

EPA Illegally Waives Pollution Fees For Industrial Polluters in Southern California

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Los Angeles was one of two regions that failed to meet the 2010 deadline and was designated as an “...

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After China's Cleanup, Water Still Unfit to Drink

China aims to spend $850 billion to improve filthy water supplies over the next decade, but even such huge outlays may do little to reverse damage caused by decades of pollution and overuse in Beijing's push for rapid economic growth.

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FEATURE: Quinoa Year aims to ease food insecurity and transform the global diet

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Quinoa farmed on the Bolivian antiplano ranges in colour from white to pink to orange.

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US agribusiness could carve ten Manhattans out of African forest: Greenpeace

“The Herakles Farms project can be seen as part of a wider land grab in Africa. The company sees only the opportunity to make money, ignoring the fact it will destroy a rainforest area of great biodiversity and the livelihoods of local people who farm...

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