Gardening Green Living how to clean fruits and vegetables Produce rinse Produce wash vinegar produce rinseThough we may try hard to stick with the Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 list when buying fruits and vegetables, there may be times we stray simply due to cost or availability. In those cases, what are the. MORE >>

Brother Nature produce is a for profit urban farm selling at farmers’ markets and to local restaurants. They offer an alternative to the mass-produced corporate food crops that lack flavor and represent an unfortunate and dismal future for our food system. We tasted a few goodies picked right out of the ground. FILE A CLAIM. MORE >>

23, 2013 10:55 AM PST Tweet billb1961 /Flickr First, the good news: Using the process known as hydraulic fracturing to create natural gas wells produces less wastewater than wells created using more conventional methods, according to a new study in the journal Water Resources Research. Skip to Navigation. Skip to Content. Mother Jones. Study. MORE >>

The organic material in the waste produces power and treated water. Rather than using conventional energy-intensive aerobic processes or methane-producing anaerobic digestion to treat wastewater, Emefcy claims that they can harvest renewable energy directly from the wastewater. The group takes an agnostic approach to energy investment. MORE >>

David Zetland: For my final exam question, I asked students to compare the pros and cons of cap and trade and Pigouvian taxes for reducing the negative externality from pollution. Many students gave useful answers, but many also made two big mistakes. The other was simultaneously frustrating and enlightening to me. via www.aguanomics.com. MORE >>