Growing pains
Can we save the planet and retain capitalism? Is transition to socialism the only way to end our addiction to unsustainable growth? Breakthroughs in economic theory may be suggesting a new …
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Burning at the steak
Meat and dairy farming giants continue to feed the climate-changing emissions that threaten life on Earth. Carina Millstone says they could be off the menu tomorrow Countless reports tell us …
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Cereal Offenders
As investors have found rich pickings in the food sector as it caught the wave of commodity market deregulation, people have starved. Sophie van Huellen looks at the ingredients of …
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Fresh Faced
While “fresh is best” is, for many of us, a guiding principle in selecting food, there’s a case for taking a fresh perspective, say David Evans and Peter Jackson. To …
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Vegan cheese: you may scoff
An alternative to Somerset’s finest fromage, untainted by animal products, promised to open the way for vegetarians to go the whole hog into vegan eating. Jonathan Chenoweth tells how he …
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Who owns Britain’s £13tn wealth?
Britain is in the middle of a decades-long wealth boom. Total wealth now stands at a record £12.8tn, or almost 13 million millions. But where you live, and when you …
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U.S. Mayors Pressure Congress on Carbon Pricing, Climate Lawsuits and a Green New Deal
The U.S. Conference of Mayors opposed any limits on suing fossil fuel companies over climate change, which would rule out a carbon tax plan supported by industry. The mayors of …
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International Labour Organization Warns of Heat-Related Job Losses
GENEVA (ILO News) – An increase in heat stress resulting from global warming is projected to lead to global productivity losses equivalent to 80 million full-time jobs in the year …
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Homeland Security admits it’s using abhorrent conditions at detention centers to deter migration
It isn’t working and no one wins. Poor conditions including overcrowding, flu outbreaks, and a lack of clean clothes are just par for the course at an El Paso border …
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Global calories
The food on your plate, and how it got there, is the theme for our tenth issue. Food has been an area of conflict at least since the sugar boycotts …
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