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Urban Harvest

Confronting climate change and poverty, a new crop of city farmers comes of age in Africa. Table of Contents | Digital Edition
Guardian Environmental Network
By Lindsey Konkel
Popular Pesticide Tied to Reproductive Health Problems
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November 28, 2011: An herbicide commonly used in the U.S. -- but banned in the European Union -- appears to adversely affect women's menstrual cycles and estrogen levels, according to new research.
Irene's Dirty Wake
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August 29, 2011: Flooding appears to be the worst problem left behind by Hurricane Irene, and especially in big cities, those floodwaters are likely to be full of raw sewage discharged by overwhelmed city sewer systems. Believe it or not,... read more >
INFOGRAPHIC: The Philadelphia Story
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August 26, 2011: The ancient water infrastructure of our eastern cities is crumbling in disrepair. The City of Brotherly Love has an enlightened solution.
INFOGRAPHIC: The Corn Mob
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June 1, 2011: Remember when corn ethanol was touted as the green fuel of the future? Now it's a $6 billion a year boondoggle -- whose days may finally be numbered.
Mineral Mining and Its Risks Set to Make a Comeback in Michigan
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April 21, 2011: Michigan’s Upper Peninsula was once America’s leading copper producer, until mining companies looked elsewhere for easy scores, leaving abandoned mines and pollution behind. Now they’re back, and some newcomers aren’t welcoming them home.
Picking Up a New Habit
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August 26, 2010: The Dominican sisters of Racine, Wisconsin, saw a need for better environmental education. So they bought a farm and started their next mission -- in the garden.
Bird Counters Provide Science’s Eyes and Ears
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March 23, 2010: A landmark report issued this month shows how birds in North America are adapting (or failing to adapt) to climate change. It relies on data collected each winter by volunteers.
Ohio Decides Coal Is a Bad Deal
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February 28, 2010: Clean-energy advocates and local citizens kill plans for a dirty power plant in the heart of coal country
The Fittest Will Survive
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February 28, 2010: Charles Darwin explained how species emerge and disappear, but he didn't know about genes -- the biological currency that makes evolution possible.
A Better (Mac)intosh
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February 28, 2010: Scientists and historians estimate that more than 14,000 varieties of apple have been cultivated in the United States, but over the past 100 years, much of that diversity has been lost as agriculture shifted its focus to large-scale production of just a few types.
Lindsey Konkel
Lindsey Konkel is a freelance journalist based in New York City. She has a master's degree in science, health and environmental reporting from NYU, and her work has appeared at Environmental Health News, Discover magazine, Reuters, and elsewhere.