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,…
By Kristan T. Harris Recent University Study Shows High Levels of Aluminum in Bumblebees Maybe the Cause of Decline in Population A recent study published on the journal Public Library of Science One, links aluminum as a contributing factor to the decline of bumblebees. There has been much debate…
By number23 Our species’ devastating impact on the planet is undeniable; the extinction rate of the Earth’s species is one of the most defining examples that support this fact. In the last 40 years, around 50 percent of the Earth’s species have been lost as a…
By Lauren McCauley Environmental volunteers and The Toronto Star uncover mercury contaminated soil around shuttered plant, amounting to ‘more than enough of a smoking gun to require a full investigation’ An investigation by environmental volunteers and The Toronto Star has uncovered the “bombshell revelation” that soil…
By Andrea Germanos ‘This is like a doctor diagnosing your illness but then deciding to withhold the medicine you need to cure it’ The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday published two bee-related announcements, but with both, say environmental groups, the agency has failed the pollinators. One…
