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Atlas Has Shrugged: West, Texas

James Moore | Posted 04.18.2013 | Politics
Read More: Fertilizer, Bp, Waco, Budget, West, Ammonium Nitrate, Texas, Kolache, Explosion, Politics News
James Moore

West, Texas might be the latest failure of our commitment to provide the resources to protect our communities and our environment but there is no shortage of similar examples. The BP well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, which continues to destroy sea life, was a product of lax enforcement, infrequent inspection caused by staffing shortages, and an intermingling of personnel between the regulated industry and the federal oversight agency. Generations from now the Gulf of Mexico will still be suffering and people may find it hard to understand what we allowed to happen in order to hold down our tax burden and to let industry create jobs and find energy without government meddling. How many times do we have to see these images and fail to connect cause and effect?

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Why Bother Composting?

Vivian Liao | Posted 04.16.2013 | Los Angeles
Read More: Fertilizer, Landfills, Climate Change, Eutrophication, Greenhouse Gas, Composting, Sustainability, Gardening, Earthworms, Vermicomposting, Los Angeles News
Vivian Liao

While composting is not difficult, it takes more effort than tossing a glass bottle into the recycling bin. So why should people bother? Here is a list of the benefits of household composting.

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Books Or Food: Which One Will Put An End To Poverty?

Neil Parmar | Posted 12.14.2012 | Impact
Read More: Fertilizer, Drip-Irrigation, Farming, India, Education, Poverty, Bill Gates Philanthropy, Microsoft, Bill Gates, Bill Gates Foundation, Oneprosper, Impact News
Neil Parmar

If you set out to help eradicate poverty, what would be your weapon of choice: more access to books or food? Raju Agarwal pondered what his arsenal ...

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Increasing Pollution, Dwindling Options

Donald Carr | Posted 11.19.2012 | Green
Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Farming, Algae Bloom, Hypoxia, Water Pollution, Corn, Gulf of Mexico, Dead Zone, Regulation, Conservation, Industrial Agriculture, Fertilizer, Agricultural Pollution, Agriculture, Pollution, Green News
Donald Carr

Industrial agriculture, not manufacturing, gas drilling or mining, is the largest contributor to America's water pollution problem.

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'Green News Report' - March 22, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.22.2012 | Green
Read More: Floods, Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Fracking, Factory Farms, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Climate Scientists, Video, Rising Sea Level, 2012 Presidential Election, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Barack Obama, Fertilizer, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Water, Green News, Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Zombie Key...

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Does Your Plant Really Need Fertilizer?

Tara Heibel | Posted 10.11.2012 | HuffPost Home
Read More: Fertilizer, Tara Heibel, Sprout Home Brooklyn, Good Plant Fertilizer, Plant Fertilizer, Sprout Home Chicago, Sprout Home, Gardening and Landscapes, Good Lawn Fertilizer, Good Organic Fertilizer, HuffPost Home News
Tara Heibel

Q: My houseplant seems to be unhappy as of late and I have gone through every step to make sure that I am following all of its light and water require...

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'Green News Report' - March 20, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.20.2012 | Green
Read More: Floods, Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Fracking, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Climate Scientists, Video, Rising Sea Level, 2012 Presidential Election, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Subsidies, Barack Obama, Senate, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Water, Green News, Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Rising Sea Levels, James Inhofe, O'Hare, Pine Beetle, Electric Cars, Electric Highway, Oregon, Mitt Romney, Thomas Edison, Illinois, Asian Carp, Factory Farms, Antibiotic Resistance, Oecd, Fertilizer, Pink Slime, China, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Obama moc...

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Farmers Mount Risky Fight Against Fertilizer Companies

Reuters | Posted 04.14.2012 | Home
Read More: Fertilizer, Farmers Fertilizer Protest, Farmers Fertilizer, Video, Fertilizer Prices, Farmers, Agriculture, Reuters, Sustainable Agriculture, Expensive Fertilizer, Home News

(Repeating from earlier) * Farmers put off fertilizer purchases due to high prices * Delays may lead to last-minute surg...

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The Five Scariest Things About Halloween 2011

Terry Tamminen | Posted 12.28.2011 | Green
Read More: Fertilizer, Pesticides, Solyndra, Climate Change, Deepwater Horizon, Food and Agriculture Organization, Renewables, Clean Energy, Halloween, Water Scarcity, Food Waste, Population, Dead Zones, Green News
Terry Tamminen

The United Nations predicts that on Halloween this year, the human population will hit the seven billion mark. But that's not even the scary statistic.

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The Coal Ash Dilemma

J Henry Fair | Posted 12.13.2011 | Green
Read More: Fertilizer, Natural Disasters, Tennessee Coal Ash, Erin Brockovich, Washington DC, Hexavalent Chromium, Coal, Tva, Slidepollajax, Green News
J Henry Fair

2011-10-13-Screenshot20111013at4.12.55PM.jpgOur reliance on coal for electricity production has produced about 600 coal ash dumps around the country.

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Lynne Peeples

Blooming Health Hazard: New Shellfish Poison Found In U.S. Waters

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 10.14.2011 | Green
Read More: Fertilizer, Shellfish Poisoning, Environmental Health, Nutrient-Runoff, Algal Bloom, Chesapeake Bay, Environment, Algae, Climate Change, Puget Sound, Red Tide, Video, Green News

The bright red skull-and-crossbones signs are hard to miss and increasingly common on Pacific Northwest beaches. A whole new fleet just popped up alon...

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Save the Bay, Save Your Life

Neal Barnard, M.D. | Posted 07.16.2011 | Home
Read More: Fertilizer, Vegetarian, Nutrition, Health, Vegan, Agriculture, Environment, Factory Farms, Animals, Pollution, Diet, Meat, Dead Zones, Maryland, Home News
Neal Barnard, M.D.

If we eat grains, beans, vegetables, and fruits directly, instead of using grains to fatten animals, we could cut down on land use and pollution.

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What's Wrong With Local Food? Local and Organic Food and Farming: The Gold Standard

Ronnie Cummins | Posted 07.06.2011 | Green
Read More: Fertilizer, Pesticides, Herbicides, Local Food, Organic Food, Greenhouse Gases, Food Miles, Sustainable Food, Green News
Ronnie Cummins

Beyond the greenwashing and co-opting of the term, what does "local" food and farming really mean? What is the impact of non-organic local food and farming on public health, nutrition, biodiversity, and climate?

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Plans to Hike Ethanol in Gasoline Irk Some Gulf Residents

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: New Orleans, Doe, Epa, Fertilizer, e15, Bp, Gasoline, Gulf of Mexico, Corn, e10, Ethanol, Aaa, Blendstar, Business News
Susan Buchanan

(This article was published in The Louisiana Weekly in the Nov. 15, 2010 edition.) Drivers in South Louisiana have pumped E10 gasoline, containing 10...

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This One Really Stings

Michael Brune | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Fertilizer, Jellyfish, Wetlands, Barnegat, Sierra Club, New Jersey, Stormwater, Green News
Michael Brune

We called it, simply, The Test. I grew up on a house on Barnegat Bay in Chadwick Beach, New Jersey. With four little children scampering around, my pa...

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Sierra Club -- What Hast Thou Wrought and at Whose Cost?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Fertilizer, Mosaic Co., World Food Shortages, Green, Enviromental Impact Statement, Phosphate Mining, US District Court, Sierra Club, US Army Corps of Engineers, World News, Russia's Wheat Embargo, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

The Sierra Club wishes to close down the operations of a fertilizer producer. But do the economic and social pros and cons balance out, and if not, what can be done to bring greater equanimity to these confrontations?

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Wake Up and See the Dead Zones!

Peter Hanlon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Fertilizer, Oil Spill, Anoxic, Biofuel, Gulf of Mexico, Fish, Agriculture, Dead Zone, East China Sea, Nitrogen, North Sea, Phosphorous, Baltic Sea, Hypoxic, Green News
Peter Hanlon

All told, there are over 400 dead zones worldwide, affecting an area of more than 245,000 square kilometers, a number that has increased exponentially since the 1960s.

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Man On Video Sought In Failed Times Square Car Bomb

AP | By TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Fertilizer, Times Square, Video, Suspect, Nypd, Terrorism, Connecticut, Car Bomber, Car Bomb, Nissan Pathfinder, New York, New York City, New York News

NEW YORK (AP)-- The car bomb was a crude concoction of ordinary items -- fireworks, fuel and fertilizer -- that authorities suspect was meant to cause...

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Grow a Conscience: How to Garden Green

Avital Andrews | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Manual, Soil, Pets, Fungi, Weeds, Packets, Appliances, Children, Grow, Agriculture, Green, Flowers, Million, Lawn, Emissions, Hand Fork, Animals, Products, Front Yard, Dill, Cilantro, Trowel, Grass, Ecosmart Technologies, Weeder, Flax, Farm, Salad, Plastic, Insects, Materials, Gardening, Olive Barn, Gas, Leed, Cultivator, Motor, Bugs, Local, Garden, Antibacterial, U.S. Green Building Council, Planet, Paper, Home, Organic Herb Garden Trio Kit, Plants, Nontoxic, Gloves, Chives, Certified, Green Thumb, Exercise, Tips, Gizmos, Fibers, Batteries, Wildlife, Fuel, Pesticides, Produce, MCR Safety, Basil, Electric, Hands, Natural, Acres, Seeds, Earth, Eco, Recycled, Pollution, Organic, Backyard, Exxon Valdez, Concentrations, Herb Garden, Kids, Killer, Hand-Powered, Vegetables, Devices, Spill, Fitness, Grip, Sierra Club Radio, Push, Herbs, Human Power, Gallons, Cordless, Energy Star, Window, Toxic, Essential Oils, Cotton, Packaging, Multipurpose, Memphis Green, Homeowners, Pots, Offset, Implements, Carbon Footprint, Fertilizer, Made in the U.S., Refueling, Yard, Fruit, Hoe, Mower, Rugged, Farmers, Oil, Environment, Bamboo, Pulp, Biodegradable, Items, Dibble, Razorcut, Ecomowers, Brill, Cobrahead, Green News
Avital Andrews

Whether your farm fits in a window box or spans several acres, ensure a truly green thumb with these Earth-friendly gardening gizmos.

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St. Charles School's Music Booster Club To Sell Alpaca Manure

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Fertilizer, St Charles, Manure, Alpaca Manure, Central Community School District 301, Compost, St. Charles Illinois, Chicago News

ST. CHARLES, Ill. — The music booster club at Central Community Unit School District 301 in St. Charles isn't bothering with bake sales and car ...

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Green News Report -- April 6, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Taxes, Pesticides, Massey Energy, Wisconsin, Oil Refinery, Fracking, Big Coal, Recess Appointments, Agriculture, Exxon Mobil, West Virginia, British Petroleum, Mine Safety, Green News Report, Coal, Barack Obama, Great Barrier Reef, Fertilizer, Msha, Drought, Don Blankenship, Oil Spill, Big Oil, BRAD BLOG, Water, Green News, Oil, Koch Industries, Climate Change Denial, Hydraulic Fracturing, Global Warming Deniers, Smart Meter, Coal Mining, China, Massey Coal, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! Welcome aboard to our latest new affili...

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Stopping the Red Green Slime Monster

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Fertilizer, Florida, Red Tide, Green News
Carl Pope

As the K. brevis mats bloom and spread, they emit a potent neurotoxin that kills fish and marine mammals. The agribusiness industry and other polluters fought hard to prevent any action against its spread in Florida.

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Haiti's Tomorrow May Be Rooted In Trees, Fertilizer

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Restoration, United Nations Environment Program, Soil, Knight Foundation, Agriculture, Aid, Plots, Knight Center for International Media, Jobs, Flooding, Plan, Trees, Dredging, Farms, Canals, Earth Institute, Countryside, Dominican Republic, Miami, Wood, Poverty, Crops, Tradition, Earthquake, Fire, University of Miami, Haiti, Fertilizer, Rivers, Columbia University, Environment, Food, Charcoal, Marc Levy, World News
Joseph B. Treaster

The task of restoring Haiti's countryside is extremely difficult and could even be impossible. But the restoration work for a healthy countryside would provide more food and jobs, and make flooding less severe.

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Malawi's Real 'Miracle'

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Permaculture, Subsidies, Africa, State of the World 2011, Malawi, Farmers, Education, Fertilizer, Agriculture, Green Revolution, Nutrition, Hunger, Biodiversity, Food Security, World News
Danielle Nierenberg

Most Malawians think of foods, such as amaranth and African eggplant, as poor people foods grown by "bad" farmers. But these crops may hold the key for solving hunger, malnutrition and poverty in Malawi.

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Rwanda: Healing with Livestock

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Rwanda, Heifer, Heifer Internation, Manure, Fertilizer, Income, Cows, Cook, Dairy, Biogas, Fuel, Livestock, Hygiene, Development, Hunger, Energy, Terracing, World News
Danielle Nierenberg

Recovery is a word you hear a lot in Rwanda. Recovery -- and healing -- are also things I heard a lot about during my visit with Heifer International Rwanda. "Heifer is helping a recovery process."

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