The Midwest’s corn fields are even worse for the planet than we thought

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By Tom PhilpottAug 12, 2015, 2:08 pm56 pts
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how fertilizer from the Midwest’s big corn farms seeps into streams and causes trouble — fouling water supplies in Columbus, Toledo, Des Moines,…

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