Nanci Hellmich reports in USA Today that the Senate Finance Committee is still considering a proposal that would force soda drinkers to help pay for an overhaul of the…
The Ninth International Conference on Mercury as a Global pollutant has officially “wrapped,” and the 540 scientists in attendance have all gone back to their home countries—but not before…
Reason.com compiled a thorough list of TIME magazine’s worst-ever cover stories. Of course, the No. 1 spot went to our favorite old chestnut: the obesity epidemic. “Overcoming…
The Ninth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant has been heating up the Chinese city of Guiyang this week, and we’re continuing to absorb the latest…
Today, online magazine Spiked is taking a scalpel to Greenpeace’s claim that British retailers of meat and leather are responsible for Amazonian deforestation. In a recent interview with…
Three years ago we brought you reports from inside the Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, held in Madison, Wisconsin. (Click here, here, here, and here to relive…
At the New York premiere of the new documentary Food Inc. last night, a panel of celebrity activists agreed: “We’re in a moment.” After years of taking culinary…
According to the FBI, terrorism in the name of animal rights is on the rise. Whether it’s the firebombing of a UC Santa Cruz researcher’s home or sending…
Starbucks Coffee has always wanted to have its half-caf, vanilla, skim latte and drink it too. But sometimes it tries too hard. That’s the case today. The international food…