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Peatland being burned to make way for palm oil in Malaysia

Recipes for Success

Over the last decade much of the land for vegetable oil production, particularly palm and soybean oil, has come at the expense of tropical forests.
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Freshwater Use by U.S. Power Plants

This is the first systematic assessment of both the effects of power plant cooling on water resources, and the quality of information available to help decision makers make smart energy choices.
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US Nuclear Power After Fukushima

No technology can be made perfectly safe, but the United States can and must do more to guard against accidents as well as the threat of terrorist attacks on reactors and spent fuel pools.
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Market Forces

Modest public support for up to 500 farmers markets each year could create as many as 13,500 jobs over a five-year period.
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Farmworkers harvesting lettuce in California

A Bright Future for the Heartland

UCS analysis shows how the Midwest can turn the challenges of a stalled economy and an unsustainable, polluting energy system into an opportunity for economic prosperity, job growth, and a healthy environment.
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Power and Water At Risk

Our demand for electricity is colliding with our need for healthy and abundant freshwater. As our demand for electricity continues to rise, water dependence puts the electricity sector, water resources, and other water users at growing risk.