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While the agency says the move is necessary to maintain a healthy forest, environmental groups are decrying a decision by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to move forward on a timber sale in Gifford …

Can demolishing abandoned dirt paths point the way to a more sustainable future?

Center for Biological Diversity: PORTLAND, Ore.— Eleven conservation groups today sent a letter calling on Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and the Board of Forestry to protect additional acres of forest lands in the proposed Western Oregon State Forest Habitat Conservation Plan. Their proposed increase in protected mature and old-growth forest land would help safeguard imperiled species like the threatened Oregon Coast coho salmon and marbled murrelet.

What is heme? It’s Impossible Foods’ magic ingredient, but it’s also present in every living thing. Here’s the lowdown.

What is heme? It’s Impossible Foods’ magic ingredient, but it’s also present in every living thing. Here’s the lowdown.

On Wednesday, Leading Into New Communities, or LINC, held a “re-entry” simulation where participants briefly stepped into the lives of someone transitioning out of incarceration. WHQR reporter Camille Mojica followed WHQR’s Grace Vitaglione as she participated.

New data show risks associated with industry self-inspection

Impossible Burgers additive that makes plant-based food bleed needs more FDA testing, claims suit that questions whether heme is safe to eat The Center for Food Safety claims not enough testing was done on soy leghemoglobin, which is genetically engineered for Impossible Burgers The color additive has the effect of making it seem like the plant products bleed The FDA approved Impossible Foods use of heme in July 2019 Impossible Burgers are available across the country and are sold by prominent ...

comments This story was produced by FairWarning, a nonprofit news organization based in Southern California that focuses on public health, consumer, labor and environmental issues. You can sign up for their newsletter here. In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, infections began spreading at the JBS USA beef processing plant in Grand Island, Nebraska, the areas largest employer with 3,500 workers. On April 3, a worried employee called federal regulators at the Occupational Safety and H...