This article is fairly sourced. It is extremely important, because these new taxes on potentially harmful products can not only discourage them but also raise money for important projects.

This is well cited. The topic is still extremely relevant and important. Thumbs up for Chipotle for choosing free antibiotics and hormones in its pork. Hopefully other chains will see this and at least see it as competition, thereby making them start to head in the free antibiotic direction.

The article needs more sources, but seems fairly cited. The overuse of antibiotics in meat, mainly to keep the cattle healthy and delicious until slaughter day, is going to catch up with us.

This story is fairly sourced and is a trial study that has been going on for the "past 22 years", comparing and contrasting organic farming and conventional farming. The article states that the study has found that organic farming produces the same amount of corn and soybeans as conventional farming, yet uses a lot less (30%) energy, doesn't use pesticides, and uses less water.

The article is all about reiterating things that The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Georgia's Governors, and executives of big companies have said and done to reduce the water consumption among them, and to encourage Georgians themselves to reduce their consumption. Also the article sources almost all of its statements.

800 gallons a day is beyond crazy. But this article is still nicely cited and gives plenty of statistical data that is pretty frightening. It states that farmers frequently get blamed for water consumption, but still other US residents have a duty to cut back on water waste as well.

This seems like a fair article, and it does not seem to be bipartisan although it will end up being that way. The story definitely needs to cite all of its sources though because of all the evidential statistics it provides.

It definitely needs more sources to go with all the facts about air pollutants and dead zones. Other than that it seems fair, seeing that "crushing new costs for farmers" is obviously the only reason why farmers haven't started to mass regulate their manure.

This interview seems fairly done, with Mr. Yousef given a lot of room to speak and describe in his own words, which is a main point of the article, of why he chose to leave Hamas, and in fact become Christian and help Israeli intelligence as well.

Good on Michael Pollan for speaking out about this. As for the students who "only get their info from writers like Pollan and who've never experienced a farm first hand...", well then why don't these "farms" open their doors wide and give tours? Could they possibly have many things to hide? The article does state that first-hand accounts of these places are hard to arrange. And those who have seen it first-hand only talk about cows knee deep in their own excrement. The article is fair and factual, even if it's portraying one side negatively, its just common knowledge, or at least should be, that they are unethical and profit-generated.

Although TIME has a lot of political leanings, this article seems fair and explanatory. This article is very important and TIME thought so too because it was a cover story for its magazine at one point. Its horrible to realize that those who pushed for these new bio-fuels while roading on the coat-tails of "protecting the environment" are actually doing the opposite. I do believe that harvesting and using some of these bio-fuels is extremely harmful for the environment, and not just a sneaky response campaign by anybody who supports gasoline industries.

The story doesn't give many sources for the many little facts it provides about horses. However it is still really interesting and i feel pretty fair for both sides, the BLM and the horses. The article does well to bring to light many issues that aren't in the main media, both concerning North America's wild animals, here mustangs, and even prisoner rehabilitation.

This is very decent journalism, with primary sources of video and interviews from both sides, that being the BLM and the wild horse advocates. The video is really saddening to watch, especially the treatment of the wild horses as they are rounded up, "..deaths of wild horses in the process is inevitable...". When the one former worker for the BLM states why he quit, that being that they would provide only arbitrary reasons for the removal of the horses, so he found it corrupt and "skewed", it seems that the BLM really does have a lot of explaining to do. Obviously the best reason they could come up with is "protecting the quality of the horses' lives" is a great reason to provide the public with. It also seems the BLM thinks the ... More »