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America’s Most Dangerous Dam: It’s Not Oroville

My mom’s house, 15 feet underwater. The image is fantastical, but it could be reality if California’s Isabella Dam fails. By the end of…

Jun 8, 2017

America’s Most Dangerous Dam: It’s Not Oroville

Jun 8, 2017

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Ross Douthat Doesn’t Understand The Arctic’s Dire Situation

Ross Douthat’s NYTimes op-ed this week gives what is probably the smartest conservative version of skepticism about climate action…

Jun 5, 2017

Ross Douthat Doesn’t Understand The Arctic’s Dire Situation

Jun 5, 2017

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Saving the Welfare State by Cutting Regulations: Sounds Great, But Will It Work?

Will Wilkinson writes in the New York Times that conservatives, in pursuing their goal of economic growth, have become too fixated on…

May 28, 2017

Saving the Welfare State by Cutting Regulations: Sounds Great, But Will It Work?

May 28, 2017

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Is a Sophisticated Relativism The Best Way to Defeat Trump?

Philosopher and academic Alan Levinovitz recently offered a think-piece on the use of relativism in public discourse. In it, he makes solid…

Mar 8, 2017

Is a Sophisticated Relativism The Best Way to Defeat Trump?

Mar 8, 2017

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Tips for Eco-friendly Eating

In the wintertime, I face a dilemma: I want to eat healthy foods, but I also want to do what’s smart for the environment. In the abstract…

Mar 5, 2017

Mar 5, 2017

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Are Potatoes Really an Environmental Supercrop?

Nerdy agriculture types like me generally love extolling the virtues of potatoes. They don’t require a lot of water, you can grow a lot of…

Jan 27, 2017

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Is Localism Compatible with Vegetarianism?

Chris Newman, a Virginia farmer, recently penned a piece chiding vegetarianism for being an imperfect solution to what ails our food…

Jan 27, 2017

Is Localism Compatible with Vegetarianism?

Jan 27, 2017

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No, Sugar Consumption Hasn’t Fallen

Anti-sugar journalist Gary Taubes recently kicked off a web debate concerning the role of sugar in the American epidemic of obesity and…

Jan 18, 2017

Jan 18, 2017

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What Jacobin Gets Wrong About SNAP and Sugary Beverages

A few days ago, Anahad O’Connor of the New York Times published an article highlighting the troubling use of SNAP benefits to buy sugary…

Jan 17, 2017

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Urban Farming: A Better Solution for Global Hunger

Tamar Haspel of the Washington Post writes recently that urban farming and local produce production is not a good strategy for feeding the…

Dec 17, 2016

Urban Farming: A Better Solution for Global Hunger

Dec 17, 2016