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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
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February 3, 2012: Imagine dropping fifty-seven cement caissons, each one the size of a four-story house, on miles of beach and soft coral reefs. It would destroy the marine ecosystem. Our imperfect knowledge already tells us that at least nine endangered species... READ MORE >
Tectonic and Atmospheric Tribulations
photo by The one-eyed king
Morning Has Broken
photo by Winky Vivas
Lower Buttermilk Falls, Schaghticoke NY
photo by Bob Stone
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February 9, 2012: After about four years of on-and-off legislative hashing, the Pennsylvania General Assembly has finally passed a bill that imposes a fee on shale gas extraction -- ending Pennsylvania's reign as the only major gas-producing state without such a fee... READ MORE >
February 8, 2012: Joe Nocera's op-ed in the New York Times yesterday deserves a response and a reiteration of the facts surrounding the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. President Obama rejected the pipeline's permit last month when the GOP, in a political stunt,... READ MORE >
February 2, 2012: See Public Lands in Peril, Part 1 on gas development in Pennsylvania's state parks. Pennsylvania’s state forests are facing an existential threat, unprecedented in the Keystone State’s checkered history of resource extraction. One third of the... READ MORE >
February 1, 2012: The January 27 editorial in the Wall Street Journal, “No Need to Panic About Global Warming,” exemplifies the usual tactics of those who practice climate change denial, gathering the signatures of a number of distinguished scientists, largely from... READ MORE >
jameswest2010: You can catch the whole Adele album in an hour by just flicking through American radio stations. You know, if you're skint this month.
jeffkart: Info for Yankees t.co/WZuPsaeB why French moms & dads raise better kids @parentables @pameladruck
FastCompany: Great interview w/@Questlove on finding creative revenue streams in the digital music age: t.co/yQwED6dw via @FastCoCreate