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Can a crowdsourced mega-forest offset Trump's climate chaos?

23 August 2017

It's an appealing idea, a vast forest to soak up the extra carbon released due to Trump's policies, but it may not be so easy in reality, says Olive Heffernan
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Netflix vegan hit What the Health serves up lots of bad science

16 August 2017

Campaigning vegans will change nothing if they embrace bad science and conspiracy theories when making the health case for their diet, says Anthony Warner

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