Category: General

Toxic Heavy Metal Hotspots Found Over Portland–Mysterious Source Revealed

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Toxic Heavy Metal Hotspots Found Over Portland–Mysterious Source Revealed
US Forest Service Research Finally Reveals Source Of Mysterious Portland Heavy Metals Hotspots–And Residents Are Not Happy Along with Berkeley, California, and Boulder, Colorado, Portland has long been known as a haven for all things progressive and environmental. The Oregon city has such a reputation in fact there is even a satirical show about its kooky residents, “Portlandia,” in which restaurant servers are interrogated about the joy experienced in the lives of its chickens, and artisanal shell-art makers compete with one another.… Read the rest

The Biggest Threat To Life On Earth May Be A Substance That Is Found Here Naturally

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The Biggest Threat To Life On Earth May Be A Substance That Is Found Here Naturally
This Natural Substance Could Be The Biggest Threat To Life As We Know It–And It Is On The Periodic Table It seems like every week there’s some new (or old) threat to human life and health and the planet’s ability to survive. From CFCs to PCBs to BPAs to god knows what horrible thing they will invent next, it seems like we are under siege from a constant alphabet soup barrage of letters threatening to kill us.… Read the rest

A Tiny Island Chain Has Big Ambitions When It Comes To Protecting Their Livelihood–The Sea

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A Tiny Island Chain Has Big Ambitions When It Comes To Protecting Their Livelihood–The Sea
Rapacious Global Over-Fishing Leads Tiny Island Chain To Seek To Impose Its Own Rules In Order To Survive.  When the bullies of the world won’t do the right thing, sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands–no matter your size. In an ambitious step, a tiny island chain in French Polynesia known as the Austral Islands has submitted a proposal to the French Polynesian government to set up a million square kilometer marine reserve in the waters surrounding the islands.… Read the rest

Rockefeller Family Fund Can No Longer Stomach ExxonMobil’s Chicanery–Divests Effective Immediately

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Rockefeller Family Fund Can No Longer Stomach ExxonMobil’s Chicanery–Divests Effective Immediately
Divestment: ExxonMobil ‘Morally Reprehensible,’ According To Rockefeller Family Fund We all have that one friend. The one who, no matter what horrible things you do or say, no matter what vile rumors have been started about you, he or she will always remain loyal. It’s a bad sign when even that friend stops answering your calls. A really bad sign. And when that friend is actually your grandfather, the one who gave you your start and made you who you are, when even he says “enough is enough,” surely that’s a clear signal that things have got to change.… Read the rest

Monsanto: Lower Profits, Lower Earnings–High Pressure From Consumers Works!

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Monsanto: Lower Profits, Lower Earnings–High Pressure From Consumers Works!
Fighting Back Against The Machine: Monsanto Earnings Report Shows Lower Profits This is a tough world in which to try to bring up a child with good moral values. It seems like the moral of every story these days always ends up with some reprehensible jackass suffering no consequences for bad behavior. Millionaire rich kids get a slap on the wrist when they run afoul of the law, corporate polluters the same.… Read the rest

We need to change the way we think about meat–before it’s too late

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We need to change the way we think about meat–before it’s too late
Addiction to meat may be more of a global threat than addiction to oil Does anybody remember Al Gore? That champion of the earth who stood up to heaps of ridicule that far outstripped what he deserved for his somewhat snooty, somewhat clueless ivory tower ways? Yes, he was the presidential candidate who was pounced upon for saying he invented the internet (despite the demonstrable fact that he never said that, and despite much more incendiary and outrageous claims coming down the pike every day this time around.)… Read the rest

Bill Gates wants Africa to embrace GMO foods–is that such a good idea?

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Bill Gates wants Africa to embrace GMO foods–is that such a good idea?
Biotechnology is the key to helping Africans-or so says Bill Gates A not-at-all unexpected advocate for GMO foods has come out in favor of exporting the genetically engineered food technology to Africa, saying that it might not only help poorer African nations feed themselves, but even suggesting that they might be able to produce enough food to export. In a fawning interview with the Wall Street Journal, Gates said, “…GMOs are done by changing the genes of the plant, and it’s done in a way where there’s a very thorough safety procedure, and it’s pretty incredible because it reduces the amount of pesticide you need, raises productivity (and) can help with malnutrition by getting vitamin fortification.”… Read the rest

Cloud-seeding in California has conspiracy theorists up in arms–here’s why

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Cloud-seeding in California has conspiracy theorists up in arms–here’s why
Some people are questioning the motives of government bringing back an old cloud-seeding program in California–here’s what has them so nervous. The term “conspiracy theorist” has such an ugly ring. It is a cheap way to dismiss out of hand not only a person’s particular beliefs about a particular subject, but also to render anything else that they might say as somehow beneath contempt, certainly beneath response.… Read the rest

There’s a new foe in the global emission wars, and it looks like we’re losing. Badly.

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There’s a new foe in the global emission wars, and it looks like we’re losing. Badly.
Fracking, another enemy of our delicate climate. If your kid messes up on a chemistry test, he or she might get a bad grade. If things are really terrible, there might be a make-up class or summer school in the offing. But when the scientists and bureaucrats responsible for reacting to and dealing with climate change screw up their chemistry, we all could all end up paying the price for the foreseeable future.… Read the rest

Ethical tourism: now might be the time to see some of earth’s last wild places–how to do it sustainably

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Ethical tourism: now might be the time to see some of earth’s last wild places–how to do it sustainably
Sustainability and tourism can go together–here’s how They say all who wander are not lost. But sometimes, getting lost is exactly the point of wandering. But when one is contemplating taking a trip in this complicated day and age, there are many considerations beyond what kind of rating your B&B got on yelp.com or what the weather’s going to be like.… Read the rest