The Trump administration tried to bury a climate study on … rice?

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By Zoya TeirsteinAug 16, 2019, 4:30 am282 pts
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is supposed to use the “latest available science” to help the nation’s farmers avoid risk, according to its own mission. So it was more than a little surprising when, last year, the agency decided not to promote an alarming study (that two of its employees had…

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