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Three key takeaways from Austin’s SXSW Eco Conference
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now I confess, I didn’t tweet while attending the SXSW Eco conference in Austin this week. This fabulous gathering of activists, artists, entrepreneurs, thinkers, doers...
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The pending health epidemic that Congress could address – post shutdown...
Green Right Now Reports As Congress has been gripped by the dramedy of the Ted Cruz and Koch Brothers-inspired government shutdown/debt ceiling frenzy, people in California and a few other states have...
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Neighborhood redefined: A photo tour of the EcoVillage at Ithaca
(This is the first of two stories looking at the EcoVillage at Ithaca, NY) By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now About 20 years ago, when many greenly inclined people were thinking about switching to a...
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A Halloween boogeyman hiding in your trick-or-treat bag
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now We expect the kids to bob and weave under a sugar rush after their Halloween foraging. M&Ms come in a variety of colors, thanks to an array of food dyes. (Photo:...
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Food labeling appears defeated in Washington
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Not all the votes are counted yet in the battle to label genetically modified (GM) foods in Washington state. But the initiative is trailing, 45 percent in favor to...
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Pulverizing ivory to make a point misses an opportunity to help elephants
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Today, US officials will crush a stockpile of six tons of confiscated ivory items in an attempt to make a statement about “blood ivory.” Some of the carved,...
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How to help the birds endure the winter
With much of the U.S. under snow, it’s time to make sure your bird feeder is filled. An assertive Blue Jay, first at the trough. Even if you don’t have an official feeder, no worries. Just get the...
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Farm Kings will make you feel guiltier than The Biggest Loser, but you also...
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Cops. Lawyers. Doctors. Even ice road truck drivers have all received their due on TV, either in fictional or “true life” series. The Farm Kings, with mom Lisa in...
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How record cold can be caused by ‘global warming’
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now A NASA satellite captured this Midwest “white out” on Jan. 6, 2014, showing us what the polar vortex and biggest storm of 2014 so far looked like from above Earth....
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Water: What’s really terrifying
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now This past week, about 300,000 people in West Virginia got to sample what life is like when you can’t just turn on a tap and draw out a stream of clean water for...
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Grape-Nuts goes Non-GMO
First Cheerios went nonGMO. Now, just two weeks later, that classic crunchy breakfast tummy-filler Grape Nuts has announced its Non-GMO certification. Grape Nuts, like Cheerios, didn’t have far to go....
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Reason #43 to buy pastured, Organic, hormone-free chicken…from a real farm
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now As if eggs aren’t confusing enough, with their many labels, many of which (natural) mean nothing. Organic chickens apparently aren’t everything you’d hoped they’d be...
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