By Nika Knight State government ends program that helped residents of Flint, Michigan with their water bills after widespread lead poisoning was revealed The state of Michigan has declared that Flint’s drinking water “meets all federal water quality standards,” ending a program Wednesday that reimbursed residents…
By Claire Bernish Although it obstinately insists pipelines are safe, the company responsible for the Dakota Access Pipeline racked up 69 reported accidents in just two years — leaking hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil products and tainting rivers in four states. That averages nearly…
By Carey Wedler As protesters at the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline make their last stand against police crackdowns ordered by North Dakota’s governor to evacuate their campsites, protesters in Florida are also continuing their fight against another contentious pipeline. Two protesters, Nicolas Segal-Wright,…
By Catherine J. Frompovich Here’s one for the record books, that’s Ripley’s Believe It Or Not edition, if it’s still in print. According to a December 2012 BBC news report, “Boeing uses potatoes instead of people to test wi-fi.” I wonder what those potatoes in…
By Vandita The Angangxi District Court of Qiqihar has finally ruled that the 55 affected families in Yushutun village would receive financial compensation amounting to ¥820,000 (£96,000 or 119,352 US Dollars) from the Qihua Group. Wang Enlin, a farmer who had dropped out of primary school…
By Whitney Webb South Florida beach goers might not have expected to be stung by a bee in the surf, however, that’s exactly what’s been happening. In a rare occurrence, thousands of dead and dying bees have been washing up onto a popular beach in Naples,…
By Catherine J Frompovich Is global warming real? Or, is it a man-made myth? What are your thoughts about the abnormal weather patterns the USA has been experiencing over the past several years? Do you think science is capable of monkeying around with the weather…
By Deirdre Fulton ‘We are a sovereign nation and we will fight to protect our water and sacred places from the brazen private interests trying to push this pipeline through,’ says Standing Rock Sioux tribe With construction set to start as soon as this week, Indigenous…
By Amanda Froelich The two towers will clean the air of Nanjing, China, with 1,100 trees and 2,500 shrubs and plants. When Stefano Boeri Architetti presented the idea of installing a vertical forest in Milan, people were beyond thrilled with the idea. Following the success…
By Amando Flavio Many countries in the world are struggling to deal with the garbage they generate. Especially in the developing world, it is common to find landfills full of garbage. These countries are unable to recycle their waste or use it for any useful thing….
By Cassius Kamarampi (Era of Wisdom) Since we’ve been sprayed in this decade, and since we’ve been unwilling subjects of other chemical and biological warfare experiments as Americans and other people from the 1950’s until now, it has become relevant to understand the exact individuals and…
By Gary G. Kohls, MD, guest to Natural Blaze It’s an Acceptable Risk for Foreign Investors to Take, but What About Us? “ALL tailings “ponds” are a problem. If they don’t breach and spill massive amounts of toxic sludge into the environment like at Mount…
By Taylor Kubota Research from Stanford University’s Hopkins Marine Station has identified a substance in oil that’s to blame for the cardiotoxicity seen in fish exposed to crude oil spills. More than a hazard for marine life exposed to oil, the contaminant this team identified is…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Fairmont Hotels has released a photo series depicting a day’s worth of typical meals – but in a near-future without bees. What do hotels have to do with bees? The two don’t really go hand-in-hand, do they? Hotels…bees…hotels…bees… Well, in a…
By Brandon Turbeville In the first week of the Trump administration, The Donald has issued a flurry of executive orders, many of them surprisingly positive. Ending the TPP, U.S. support for abortion overseas, and a planned “renegotiation” of NAFTA have all brought praise from a…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Nanoparticles expelled from a variety of combustion engines can activate viruses that are dormant in lung tissue cells. Combustion engines make the world go ’round – cars, planes, boats, some trains and jets, lawn mowers, weed cutters – any gas or diesel engine…
By Catherine J Frompovich Stop eating and cooking; you’re polluting the environment! According to the Phys Org article “Research targets cookstove pollution using supercomputers and NASA satellites,” science, in my opinion, has gone from the sublime to the ridiculous. How will that impact the all-American…
By Vic Bishop Wind and solar power are gaining ground around the globe as viable and economically sound alternatives to fossil fuels and nuclear energy. In the U.S., solar power now employs more people than any other energy industry, including oil, natural gas, and coal combined,…
By Anna Hunt The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) announces that substances found in palm oil raise a potential health concern. They identified one component of palm oil as “geotoxic and carcinogenic.” This information is critical because palm oil is the most heavily utilized vegetable…
By Vic Bishop At a time when the fossil fuel industry dominates the world, and as we wait to see what the fallout will be from Fukushima and other nuclear plants that continue to age and contaminate surrounding areas, we need now, more than ever,…
