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Sarah Palin believes that oil is here to stay for the US, and that renewable energy and domestic oil development should go hand-in-hand. “Alternative sources of energy are part of the answer, but only part. There’s no getting around the fact that we still need to ‘drill, baby, drill!’ And if those in D.C. say otherwise, we need to tell [...]

Organic cotton is cotton that is grown without the use of insecticides or pesticides. The agriculture of organic cotton uses ecological, economical, and socially sustainable methods of farming and production. It is free of agrochemicals and artificial fertilizers. It also employs crop rotation, another method of sustainable farming. With organic cotton, [...]

In recent years, the global cotton industry has been mired in yet another controversy, not similar to cotton trade manipulations by the leading cotton exporters. The cotton industries of some countries have fallen under deep scrutiny and controversy for using child labor and posing a health threat to cotton farmers due to their exposure to pesticides. [...]