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"US Senate Fails To Accept Humanity's Role in Climate Change, Again"

"It is nearly 27 years now since a NASA scientist testified before the US Senate that the agency was 99% certain that rising global temperatures were caused by the burning of fossil fuels. And the Senate still has not got it – based on the results of three symbolic climate change votes on Wednesday night."

Source: Guardian, 01/22/2015

"U.S. Research Lab Lets Livestock Suffer in Quest for Profit"

"At a remote research center on the Nebraska plains, scientists are using surgery and breeding techniques to re-engineer the farm animal to fit the needs of the 21st-century meat industry. The potential benefits are huge: animals that produce more offspring, yield more meat and cost less to raise."

Source: NY Times, 01/21/2015

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