| Apr 17, 2019 | Environment / Health|Food / FarmingEvery year around Earth Day, I’m reminded of papers I graded in an environmental sociology class. The assignment was to assess your values, explain how you thought you would live as an adult (about 20 years in the future), and then complete an online calculator to...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedAmazon is a company that’s drunk on profits and market share. Over last year and this one, the online retail giant netted tens of billions in profits while paying $0 in taxes. The company controls nearly half of all online sales in the United States, and its Amazon...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThis Earth Day, many of us will mark the occasion by joining a community clean-up or getting out and enjoying the outdoors. Unfortunately, this year the Trump administration will be observing this celebration of our environment differently — by plotting to...
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| Apr 16, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedThis Earth Day, I’d like to warn you about “greenwashing.” That’s the practice of corporations branding their products “eco-friendly,” even when they actually pollute, to deceive environmentally concerned customers. Even if you’ve heard nothing about greenwashing,...
