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Consumers ask Ohio Governor to repeal emergency rule on dairy labeling

Thousands of consumers in Ohio urging governor to repeal emergency rule that takes away rights to receive truthful information on dairy labels concerning the practices used to produce those products…

Primate Study: Eating Less Extends Lifespan

Study of monkeys found cutting calories by almost a third slowed their aging and fended off death. The study suggests that a similar diet might work in humans…

Growing Strawberries in California

California is the largest strawberry producer in the United States, accounting for over 80% of the nation’s fresh strawberries on 50% of the total acreage in production…

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Learn More About Living an Organic Lifestyle

Are We Eating Our Way Into a Crisis:  today’s industrialized agricultural system is taking a large toll on the environment. From the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, to the genetic engineering of seeds, to the way food is transported, our agricultural system is using vast amounts of fuel, depleting our soil, and damaging our waterways.  As our food system has become more industrialized, it has increasingly come under attack from critics, who believe the current system is unsustainable.
 
Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Lifestyle: when we talk about sustainable agriculture, we mean the process of staying in sustained balance with nature: replacing and refreshing the natural resources -air, water and soil-consumed in the process of producing food. Unlike conventional industrial agriculture, sustainable agriculture does not dump pollution into the environment or treat animals inhumanely…
 
Organic Certfication and Market Trends:  before the advent of chemical pesticides and fertilizers and modern mechanized farming methods, all agricultural products could have been considered organic. But with increased concerns about environmental and health effects, organic products are steadily gaining wider acceptance among mainstream consumers and producers.
 
Facts  on Organic Living: recent facts and figures on health and environmental reasons to practice an organic lifestyle…

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EIA has released 12 new State Rankings pages that display charts and maps

EIA has released 12 new State Rankings pages that display charts and maps ordered by data value.  The rankings cover energy production, consumption, and price, as well as carbon dioxide emissions from electric power plants, as follows:
Total Energy Production
Crude Oil Production
Natural Gas Marketed Production
Coal Production
Total Net Electricity Generation
Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Electric Power Producers
Total Energy [...]

Experts Look For Ways to Save Lake Chad

The Food and Agriculture Organization held a special event Friday to raise awareness and mobilize funds to save Lake Chad, which was once one of the world’s largest fresh water lakes…

U.S. EPA to spend more than $50 Million to address DDT, PCBs off Southern California Coast

Agency selects cleanup remedy for Palos Verdes Shelf Superfund
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has selected a cleanup strategy for the Palos Verdes Shelf Superfund Site, where a large area on the ocean floor off the Palos Verdes peninsula is contaminated with DDT and PCBs. 
The site, off the coast of Los Angeles , stretches from [...]

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Utility Solar Assessment Study (pdf)

American utilities can reach 10% solar by 2025 (June 2008)

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