Please sign the online petition by Feb. 27, asking the EPA to make it a priority in 2014-2016 to force factory farms to stop polluting our drinking water and destroying our lakes, rivers and streams. Tell the EPA you also want it to collect the data necessary to monitor water pollution from CAFOs and enforce […]
By Alexis Baden-Mayer Organic Consumers Association, February 20, 2013 For related articles and more information, please visit OCA’s Environment and Climate Resource Center page. Author’s note: On Sunday, Feb. 17, I marched with the OCA at the Forward on Climate rally in Washington, D.C. At one point, our banner, “Cook Organic Not the Planet,” caught […]
President Obama keeps saying we need to confront climate change. So why is he considering appointing a major proponent of fracking to lead the Department of Energy? According to Reuters, President Obama is seriously considering appointing Dr. Ernest Moniz – the director of MIT’s Big Oil-sponsored Energy Institute and a big believer in expanding toxic, […]
This image made available by NASA shows the amount of summer sea ice in the Arctic on Sept. 16, at center in white, and the 1979 to 2000 average, illustrated by the yellow line. ( U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center / Associated Press ) One of these days there’ll be more ice in […]
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Oct. 28, 2012 Dr. Zohara M. Hieronimus, DHL For almost thirty years now, Hieronimus & Co in its various radio broadcasts, television, print, online, and other public forums has addressed the increasing weather extremes as a result of global warming. This discussion began in earnest in 1985 among scientists and only now is it becoming […]
Read online at The Baltimore Sun… For almost 30 years now, Hieronimus & Co. in its various radio broadcasts, television, print, online, and other public forums has addressed the increasing weather extremes as a result of global warming. This discussion began in earnest in 1985 among scientists, and only now is it becoming self-evident with […]
A state ballot initiative in California with big implications for the nation’s food system has seen massive opposition by industrial agricultural corporations in the final weeks, and an infusion of nearly $46 million dollars may just be enough to thwart the grassroots effort demanding that consumers get the right to know exactly what’s in the […]
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, September 28, 2012 Read the entire article online at GlobalResearch.ca Author’s Introductory Note Environmental modification techniques (ENMOD) for military use constitute, in the present context of global warfare, the ultimate weapon of mass destruction. Rarely acknowledged in the debate on global climate change, the world’s weather can now be […]
Pioneering British firm produces ‘petrol from air’ in breakthrough that could solve the world’s energy crisis Institution of Mechanical Engineers hails the process as a potential ‘game changer’ in battle against climate change Stockton-on-Tees-based Air Fuel Synthesis claims they can make petrol directly from water and carbon dioxide in the air Within two years the […]
September 24, 2007 From AmericanProgress.com Global Warming Kills the Planet More Hurricanes Over the past century, the number of hurricanes that strike each year has more than doubled. Scientists blame global warming and the rising temperature of the surface of the seas. [USA Today] Greenland’s Melting Greenland is melting at a rate of 52 cubic […]
The European Food Safety Authority orders review in to the research, conducted at a French university Russia’s decision could be followed by other nations Experts at the University of Caen conducted an experiment running for the full lives of rats – two years The findings found raised levels of breast cancer, liver […]
Published on Thursday, August 9, 2012 by Common Dreams – Common Dreams staff Groundwater use is unsustainable in many of the world’s major agricultural zones Degree to which aquifers important for farming are under stress. (Gleeson, T. et al.)Almost one-quarter of the world’s population lives in regions where groundwater is being used up faster than […]
Published on Saturday, August 4, 2012 by Common Dreams – Common Dreams staff Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, has confirmed to the Chicago Tribune that despite protests from environment and food-safety advocates, it will not restrict sales of genetically modified corn in its stores. The corn will not be labelled and consumers will […]
These green cowboys try to marry good stewardship of the land with making money. The Christian Science Monitor By Todd Wilkinson, Correspondent / July 29, 2012 Read the article online http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2012/0729/New-breed-of-ranchers-shapes-a-sustainable-West
Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe – and that make clear who the real enemy is. By Bill McKibben in Rolling Stone July 19, 2012 If the pictures of those towering wildfires in Colorado haven’t convinced you, or the size of your AC bill this summer, here are some hard numbers about climate […]
by Mary Christina Wood Abstract: This essay portrays the urgency of global warming and discusses the role of environmental law in bringing about this crisis. It explains why our regulatory system ignored this problem for too long and offers a property-based perspective to frame government’s responsibility in confronting climate crisis. Introduction Melting icecaps. Raging wildfires. […]
The Greenland ice sheet on July 8, left, and four days later on the right. An estimated 97% of the ice sheet surface had thawed by July 12. Greenland ice sheet melted an unprecedented area during July – Common Dreams staff Scientists say there has been a freak event in Greenland this month: Nearly every […]
Unless the senate or a citizen’s army of farmers and consumers can stop them, the House of Representatives is likely to ram this dangerous rider through any day now. A so-called ‘Monsanto rider,’ quietly slipped into the multi-billion dollar FY 2013 Agricultural Appropriations bill, would require – not just allow, but require – the Secretary […]