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Monsanto Co. was accused in court documents of ghostwriting scientific literature that led a U.S. regulator to conclude a key chemical in its Roundup weed killer shouldn’t be classified as carcinogenic.
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The Environmental Protection Agency official who was in charge of evaluating the cancer risk of Monsanto Co.’s Roundup allegedly bragged to a company executive that he deserved a medal if he could kill another agency’s investigation into the herbicide’s key chemical.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders hosted a panel discussion in McDowell County, West Virginia, Monday night on MSNBC's "All in With Chris Hayes." And as he did in his Kenosha, Wisconsin talk earlier this year, Sanders succeeded where so many Democrats failed this past election cycle—by connecting with red-state voters.
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An Edina business is out to make it as popular as its food counterpart.
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Your Senators are set to vote today on an “ag-gag” bill that will make it illegal for you or anyone else who witnesses the abuse of animals or workers on factory farms to report it.
Worse yet, this bill, SB 751, is so far-reaching it could even prevent teachers from exposing child abuse at daycare centers, and employees from documenting workplace discrimination or mistreatment.
Last November, voters of Monterey County, California, passed a fracking ban known as Measure Z with 56 percent of the vote, despite being outspent 30-to-1 by the industry-backed group, Monterey County Citizens for Energy Independence.
In December, Chevron and Aera Energy, the two biggest companies drilling in Central California's San Ardo fields, both filed lawsuits against Monterey County to block implementation of Measure Z, alleging that it restricts how they can use their property.
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Finland, MN - The first winter greenhouse in Minnesota is now open to gardener's in Finland. It's the first of five to be built across the state.
A Deep Winter Greenhouse was designed at the University of Minnesota with this first one being the prototype. The project is meant as an experiment to see if deep winter growing is sustainable.
Read moreCalifornia has been enabled to become the first U.S. state to require Monsanto to label its blockbuster weed killer, Roundup, as a possible carcinogen, after a ruling issued Friday by a California judge.
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When it comes to industries that cause serious environmental harm, most people think of mining, chemical plants or coal-burning power plants, but all things considered, factory farming of animals is number one on the list.
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We no longer have any excuse for failing to acknowledge the destructiveness of contemporary commodity agriculture and the fragility it has engendered across the spectrums of economy, ecology and human health, to name but a few. In Vermont, this is most visible in the perennially stressed commodity dairy industry, in which farmers are currently paid less than the cost of production, and over the years have been coerced to rely upon practices and products that negatively impact animal health, while playing a significant role in the degradation of our waterways and environment.
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