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- Maine Legislature Easily Passes GMO Food Labeling Bill, a Blow to Monsanto
- Amid Data Controversy, NSA Builds Its Biggest Data Farm
- The Amish Are Getting Fracked
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- After Drought, Rains Plaguing Midwest Farms
- US Tailors Regional Climate Plans to Help Farmers Beat the Heat
- Floods Bring Misery to Central Europe Areas
- Ecology Lessons From the Cold War
- Evaporating Water Supply Poses Costly Risk for Miners
- New Mexico County First in Nation to Ban Fracking to Safeguard Water
- EPA Inspector General to Investigate Efforts to Reduce Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks
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- The transportation sector made up 28 percent of US energy conumption in 2011
- Analysts predict that over the next decade, $800 billion - $1.2 trillion will be invested in the solar industry globally.
- Creating a gallon of ethanol consumes about 100 gallons of freshwater. In some regions, ethanol production can take three or more times that amount.
- Arsenic compounds are approved as feed additives in the US, and are administered to chickens to speed growth and kill parasites.
- Analysts predict that by 2017, the cost for electricity produced from new onshore wind farms will be lower than new advanced or conventional coal plan
- One slice of bread has a water footprint of 11 gallons.
- An estimated 48 million incidents of foodborne illness occur annually in the US, most frequently from poultry, beef, and fish.
- Between 1950 and 2003, the fossil fuel industry raked in 75 percent of federal government energy development incentives.
- $ of a gal. of gas includes: cost of Crude Oil 76%; Refining Costs and Profits 6%; Distribution, Marketing, and Retail Costs and Profits 6%; Taxes 12%
- The US imports about half of oil consumed.
- Irradiation destroys niacin and vitamins in eggs, including up to 24% of vitamin A at one-third the FDA approved radiation level.
- A piece of A5 paper has a water footprint of 3 gallons, but amounts vary depending on wood.
- Livestock farming contributes to 18% of the global warming effect, more than emissions from every car, train and plane on Earth.
- Of the world's leading 57 crops, 39 benefit from natural pollinators, such as birds and insects.
- Red tape can add up: Local permitting and inspection add $0.50 per watt, or $2,516 per residential install, to the cost of solar.
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