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The Adventure of the Strangled Gulf

John DeCock | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Fertilizer, Agribusiness, Pesticides, Ethanol, Ocean Dead Zones, Toxics, Dead Zone, Green News
John DeCock

I requested of Holmes an elucidation as to how residents of the rural Midwestern United States could be responsible for a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. "It's elementary," he said with aplomb.

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Lies, Damned Lies -- and the DoubleSpeak I Would Erase From the English Language

Johann Hari | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: 1984, Pentagon, Malawi, Afghanistan, Doublespeak, Vietnam War, Christian, Collateral Damage, George Orwell, Fertilizer, Jewish, Climate Change, Elizabeth, New Labor, Muslim, Richard Dawkins, Queen Elizabeth, Infant Mortality, Global Warming, World News
Johann Hari

The English language needs a spring cleaning to purge phrases that, while posing as neutral descriptions of the world, contain a hidden political agenda that then molds the assumptions of the listener.

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Oklahoma Attorney General Takes on Big Poultry, Highlighting Unsustainability of Industrial Agriculture

Paula Crossfield | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Fertilizer, Farming, Waterways, Oklahoma, Agricultural Pollution, Drew Edmondson, Food Safety, Runoff, Pollution, Industrial Agriculture, Cafos, Dead Zones, Green News
Paula Crossfield

I needn't remind you that Oklahoma is a stronghold for climate change deniers like Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe. But Oklahoma could be poised to redeem itself, taking on the unsustainability of industrial agriculture.

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Fertilizer Chemical Linked to Toxic Blaze

Juli Charkes | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Texas, Fertilizer, Toxic, Terrorism, Environment, Fire, El Dorado Chemical Plant, Security, Bryan, Green News
Juli Charkes

The chemical arsenal Americans rely on to help cultivate crops turns out to be the same one used for warfare and acts of domestic terrorism.

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Forget Flushing: Composting Toilets Coming To A City Near You

nytimes.com | Kate Galbraith | Posted 08.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Fertilizer, Compostable Waste, Toilet, Compost, Water, Green, Environment, Composting, Home Composting, Rainwater, Composting Toilets, Green Living, Green News

In addition to catching raindrops, homeowners and building managers are trying out another way to conserve water: composting toilets....

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Curbing Our Enthusiasm for Perfect Lawns

Juli Charkes | Posted 07.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Suburbs, Fertilizer, Environmentalism, Westchester, Lawn, Lawn Chemicals, Chemicals, Green News
Juli Charkes

The need to create a thick mat of civilized green has come at a cost. American soil has become a de-facto dumping ground for chemicals that threaten our health.

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Not a Fish Tale: Female Promiscuity Leads to Better Sperm

Jill Brooke | Posted 03.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Beyonce, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Carla Bruni, Fertilizer, Eggs, Dna, Women's Sexuality, Women, Sex, Science, Fertility, Sperm, Sexuality, Living News
Jill Brooke

Does natural selection motivate sperm? Turns out it may be good ol' male competition. Nothing gets those fellas going like knowing there are other guys in the mix.

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Human Waste Used By 200 Million Farmers, Study Says

National Geographic | Tasha Eichenseher | Posted 09.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Sewage, Fertilizer, Human Waste, Environment, National Geographic, Green News

Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 milli...

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Join Me in National "Screw the Oil Companies and Terrorists" Week

Paul Abrams | Posted 06.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Oil Cartel, Oil Companies, Fertilizer, Food, Carbon, Terrorist, Oil, Rightwing Republicans, Democrats, Economy, Gas Prices, Energy Independence, Environmental Solutions, Green News
Paul Abrams

Current debates about energy independence are future-oriented, and will do nothing in the short term to ease economic woes. Let's use the internet to stop the bleeding: take up the following challenge.

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Schools at Risk: A Unique Perspective

Gerald Bracey | Posted 05.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Education History, Education Reform, Technology, Public Schools, Fertilizer, U.S High School Graduation Rate, Fritz Haber, Pills, Living News
Gerald Bracey

Discussions about the condition of public schools usually center on curriculum, instruction and test scores. A new book by Gene V. Glass reads more like a thriller than an academic treatise.

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