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I have lived in places ranging from by the ocean to the desert, and I have to say this is the ugliest place I’ve ever seen.
—A one-star review of Death Valley National Park. Yes, even our magnificent National Park Service (which turned 99 yesterday!) isn't immune to the haters on Yelp.
Beef from conventionally raised cows contains more harmful bacteria. -
A Consumer Reports study has found that almost 20 percent of the country's conventional ground beef tested comes with a side of drug-resistant superbugs, compared to only 9 percent of sustainably produced beef—labeled organic, grass-fed, or raised without antibiotics. Time
Climate change could make German beer more expensive. -
A new study finds that extreme weather is increasingly hurting crops in Hallertau, a region in Bavaria that grows one-third of all hops globally. The storms are only likely to get worse, leading to costly measures to protect the plants and—the horror!—a pricier brew. The Local
Earth is on track to lose an India-sized area of forest by 2050. -
A new report finds that without new policies to slow deforestation, humanity will clear more than one million square miles of tropical forest—or one-seventh of the global total in 2000—over the next few decades, releasing 169 gigatons of carbon into the atmosphere. ThinkProgress
President Obama wants to bring sun power to the people. -
The White House unveiled new measures today to encourage homeowners to go renewable, including tax incentives for solar installations and an additional $1 billion in loan guarantees for those trying to bring carbon-free energy to the masses. The program also hopes to add 300 megawatts of solar capacity to affordable housing by 2020. Reuters
We really wanted to know what was on that train.
—Robert Lipscomb, battalion chief of the Lynchburg Fire Department, discusses newly released documents detailing how firefighters had to wait more than two hours before they got any information about a CSX crude oil train that derailed and caught fire in Virginia in April 2014.