In November, the Oxford American Dictionary announced that their Word of the Year was "carbon neutral," which means, "calculating your total climate-damaging carbon emissions, reducing them where possible, and then balancing your remaining emissions." Greens may have fared poorly in the Midterm elections, but they [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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Oh, please ! These ‘bioneers” are largely a bunch of Marin County spoiled trust fund brats. Not 1% of the US population could be sustained by these organic farms. They can be a nice supplement
but not the whole answer. The environmental movement is becoming
an embarrassment to the left like the anti-abortion nuts are to the right.
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