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Harvest Public Media visited the Fort Knox of our country's seeds.

The power, reach and influence of the Central Intelligence Agency is a staple of conspiracy theories.

If you've ever been curious about small space living, there's a new opportunity to try is out, even for just a night. The Caravan tiny house hotel -- the first of its kind in the U.S. -- has just opened in Portland, Ore. (Portlandia episode is surely forthcoming...)

In the current issue of Rolling Stone, Jeff Goodell has a great report on why Jason Box's radical approach to climate science is changing our understanding of the unprecedented rate of glacier melt in Greenland.

In a different look on the new royal baby, Nafeez Ahmed imagines the world environment for a 30 year old Prince George in 2050. Will be need to be an eco-warrior?

An orca nabbed this fisherman's salmon right off the line.

Port of Vancouver Approves Biggest Oil-Train Project In NW

Oregon State University Researcher Eric Sproles has just released a climate study that says rising temperatures will reduce the peak snowpack in the Cascades slopes east of Eugene, Ore. by more than fifty percent.

A new look at preserving biodiversity

Biofuel makers have discovered that algae can make a good butter substitute. Seriously?

NOAA scientists are about to embark on a month-long expedition to study ocean acidification impacts on the U.S. West Coast. This video shares why this is such a big concern for the PNW's huge shellfish industry.

But while mining has become a valuable source of employment, it's also a source of frustration and anger for Aboriginal people. First Nations bands and organizations across the province have publicly condemned the opening or expansion of mines like the New Prosperity Mine in the Cariboo region, the Huckleberry Mine near Houston, and the Red Chris Mine near Dease Lake.

The simple model of aerosol effects on clouds and climate shows the complex, physically based relationships between emissions, aerosol concentrations, droplet concentrations, cloud reflectance, and the Earth’s energy balance.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has finished its tally of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions for 2010, which is the most recent year studied. The report shows the state’s emissions held steady since 2007, in spite of population growth.

But Dr. Delp and his colleagues aren’t really interested in testing recipes. They are scientists at the Energy Department’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the morning’s experiment concerned another kitchen conundrum, a fight against physics: how to remove harmful contaminants caused by cooking.

Poop Power: 10 Ways Excrement Can Save the World http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/07/23/poop-power-10-ways-excrement-can-save-world-150525