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...European Union may have reached a tipping point in its awkward relationship with GMOs. This week, it quietly gave the green light to farmers to grow fields of genetically modified potatoes. It marks the first time that Brussels has approved any GMO cultivation since a moratorium 12 years ago. (See pictures of what the world eats...
...seem happy to pay more to the state in return for a higher - and guaranteed - quality of life. "The E.U. offers an attractive social, economic and political model," Charles Grant, director of the London-based think tank Centre for European Reform, argued last year. "It is more stable, safe, green and culturally diverse than most parts of the world, which is why neighbors want to join and many migrants aim for Europe...
...promising. Wind-energy generation alone is expected to increase fivefold in the next decade. By the end of this year, the number of wind turbines is expected to go up 150%, to nearly 2,600, from just over 1,000. "The new Greek government seems determined to push the green economy and is taking measures in the right direction," says George Peristeris, executive chairman of GEK TERNA Group, one of Greece's largest construction and energy companies. "But changes must be radical and drastic if Greece wants to achieve its goals...
BENJAMIN JEALOUS, president and CEO of the NAACP, defending the organization's bestowal of an Image Award on former White House green czar Van Jones, despite his resignation last fall over rumors about his alleged radical past...
...Sophie wasn’t playing her best, but she managed to find a way,” Crimson coach Traci Green said. “All semester we’ve been working on trying to find a way, and today she found a way and also got a victory for the team...