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By: USA TODAY Linda M. Castellitto
In perhaps the biggest marketing coup since DeBeers convinced consumers that diamonds are the must-have gemstone for lovebirds, beverage companies have transformed water from a free, simple thirst-quencher into a colossal...
By: Los Angeles Times Frankie Trull, Frankie Trull is the president of the Washington-based Foundation for Biomedical Research, which supports the humane and responsible use of animals in medical and scientific research.
The firebombings of the car and home of two UC Santa Cruz researchers earlier this month reveal an unwelcome reality: Animal rights extremism is getting worse.
Over the last several years, militants have shifted their focus from...
By: Christian Science Monitor Gene Callahan
Fair-trade coffee is everywhere. Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts - even Wal-Mart - proudly feature beans they bought at a higher, "fair" price that pays growers a living wage. You get good coffee. Farmers get out of poverty....
By: Charleston Gazette (West Virginia) Roger Nicholson
Recently, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., the majority leader in the U.S. Senate, proclaimed that "coal makes us sick ... It's global warming. It's ruining our country. It's ruining the world. We've got to stop using fossil fuel."...
By: Trucost
Rising oil prices have led to a boom in investment in the oil sands industry, which is 3-4 times more carbon intensive than conventional oil production. Despite Canadian regulations designed to reduce carbon emissions at oil sand...
By: Christian Science Monitor
Congress must help people who could be lured into an addiction they don't need - and may not want. In coming days, the House will vote on regulating tobacco as a drug, with Senate action soon after - but all under threat of a...
 
By: By James H. Carr, Chief Operating Officer, NCRC
Jim Carr, NCRC’s Chief Operating Officer was invited to speak at the NAACP’s 99th Annual Convention themed “Power, Justice, Freedom, Vote”. Speaking before 6,000 audience members at Cincinnati’s Duke Energy Center, Jim gave a...
By: Los Angeles Times
There is such a thing as better living through chemistry, but only if it's green. As it is, the toxic substances in your sunscreen, plastic bottles, mattresses and a list of other consumer products far too long to cite may be...
By: Los Angeles Times
The salmonella outbreak has not only sickened close to 1,000 people, it has inflicted an embarrassing blow to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
After weeks of warning consumers away from the most common fresh tomatoes, the...
By: Adrienne Fitch-Frankel
You gaze at each other, illuminated softly by candlelight. Music plays in the background. Slowly pulling back the ribbon from your gift, your sweetheart glows with delight and anticipation…until the wrapping falls away from the...
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