By Annabelle Bamforth The issue of “pharmaceutical pollution” was recently highlighted in a study that points to inadequate waste management policies leading to the presence of both pharmaceutical products as well as drug-resistant superbugs in the waters of India. The study, published in the scientific…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Associated Press is reporting that NASA is to release luminescent, artificial clouds above the mid-atlantic coast. The clouds will be accompanied by a sounding rocket launch from the Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s eastern shore between 4:25 a.m. and 4:42 a.m. NASA’s…
By Lauren McCauley Leaked docs reveal the collusion between local police forces, pipeline company, and defense contractors as they executed ‘military-style counterterrorism measures’ to suppress the water protectors. The years-long, Indigenous-led fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) briefly captured the nation’s attention last fall…
By Melissa and Aaron Dykes “The fact is, we are living through a test already.” — The New York Times The New York Times recently printed a cheerleading article in obvious support of spraying the atmosphere (and thus, the population) with tons of particulates. The…
By Vic Bishop Sad but true, the dramatic opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota failed to achieve the result of stopping corporate and political powers from proceeding with the pipeline. Less than six months after the…
By Derrick Broze America has a looming water health crisis and no one seems interested in talking about it. Over the last year many Americans have likely heard of the lead poisoning affecting the drinking water of Flint, Michigan. We have heard the horror stories…
By Anna Hunt A record set by the people of Ecuador is one of the most impressive in the Guinness Book of World Records still stands. In just one day in 2015, thousands of volunteers from around the country planted 647,250 trees in over 150…
By Tony Cartalucci, LocalOrg Fronts representing big-oil and big-auto are spearheading a widening PR campaign targeting electric car manufacturer and alternative energy company Tesla. Alternative energy company Tesla which includes US-based electric car development and production, battery production, and now also includes residential solar panel and battery…
Farmer and environmental friendly alternatives should replace toxic neonic seed coatings WASHINGTON – A new report, Alternatives to Neonicotinoid Insecticide-Coated Corn Seed: Agroecological Methods are better for Farmers and the Environment, released recently from Center for Food Safety, shows that environmentally harmful neonicotinoid (neonic) insecticide seed…
By Alex Pietrowski There’s more reason to be concerned about the Dakota Access Pipeline than you may think. The distress expressed by water protesters at Standing Rock is not just for the sake of opposing big oil. There is a valid reason: the prevalence of oil spills…
By Anna Hunt This is one of the most dramatic beach makeovers, ever. Over a span of 85 weeks, resident volunteers in north western Mumbai, India, transformed Versova beach from one of the most littered to absolutely stunning. The beach cleanup removed 5.3 million kilograms of trash,…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor We earth dwellers reside in the troposphere, but this is not where we fly. Up above in the lower stratosphere lies a cool, calm and cosmically mystical world unbeknownst to even air travelers. That is except for modern “sky walkers” like…
By Catherine J. Frompovich After reading what the State of Rhode Island is doing about handling and/or dealing with “geoengineering,” everyone may want to move there, I would imagine. However, the other recourse is for everyone to have the same type of bill/legislation introduced in…
By Catherine J. Frompovich My dear next door townhouse neighbors are an Indian couple; the husband was raised in Zambia, Africa. His parents still live there. The other evening while having a neighborly chat off our respective back patios, he told me about the snowfall…
By Molly Peterson, University of Missouri COLUMBIA, Mo. – Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical that is used in a variety of consumer products, such as food storage containers, water bottles and certain resins. In previous studies, Cheryl Rosenfeld, an investigator in the Bond Life…
By Heather Callaghan, Natural Blaze As greater interest in alternative and renewable energy grows, so do the numbers of people stepping up to innovate. We need better ways to provide energy that do not rely on vampiric energy companies that monopolize towns, jack up prices and…
By Vic Bishop Around the world oceans coral reefs are dying as a result of bleaching, water temperature increases, poor stewardship, vandalism, tourism, and pollution; and worldwide attention is needed to protect them. Now, in an effort to save coral reefs, Hawaii is making an…
By Carey Wedler An orca whale that washed up on the coast of Scotland last year was poisoned by environmental pollutants, according to a report released last week. The Guardian reported last Tuesday that Lulu, the full-grown whale who died, “was a member of the…
By Vic Bishop The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and subsequent massive oil spill has become old news, and very little consideration is given to what the disaster still means for wildlife and the sensitive ecosystems of coastal Louisiana. It’s long been back to business…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor It is believed that when a human experiences a threat such as toxicity, body functions that aren’t necessary for survival might go on the back burner until the threat is removed. If this is true, then it turns out that bees experience…
