By Vandita As a result of deforestation, only 6.2 million square kilometers remain of the original 16 million square kilometers of forest that formerly covered Earth. Apart from adveserly impacting people’s livelihoods, rampant deforestation around the world is threatening a wide range of tree species,…
By Claire Bernish St. Louis, Missouri — Three plaintiffs have been awarded $17.5 million in damages caused by Monsanto and three other companies for negligence in the production of PCBs. A jury voting 10-2 in St. Louis found Monsanto, Pfizer, Solutia, and Pharmacia must pay…
By Amanda Froelich One of the inevitabilities of life – along with humor and paradox – is change. Seasons change, people will be born and die, and grass – like other foliage on Earth – will continue to grow. As a result, it will need…
By Tony Cartalucci – NEO Four of the top five Global Fortune 500 corporations are involved in petroleum refining. Together with big-finance and industrial giants like big-auto and utility monopolies, big-oil dominates the global economy. The monopoly it enjoys grants it the unwarranted power and influence…
By James Holbrooks Due to mercury contamination caused by illegal gold mining, the government of Peru on Monday declared an environmental emergency in nearly a dozen districts within the Amazon rainforest, saying up to 50,000 people could be exposed to dangerous levels of the toxic element mercury….
By Natural Blaze Barium leaches directly from fracked rocks, Dartmouth team finds Barium is a silvery heavy metal that is toxic to mammals. It is also found in another practice that happens without any consultation of the people – geoengineering, aka chemtrails in the sky,…
By Andrea Germanos The Republican-controlled U.S. House on Tuesday passed legislation—newly rebranded with the word “Zika” in it—that Democrats say is in fact not at all about the addressing the threat of the virus but making it easier for pesticides to contaminate the nation’s waterways….
By Chris Veritas The inmates are running the asylum. And by inmates, I mean the freewheeling Chemical Corporations and the Government Agencies that “regulate” them. Granted, this was not the idea the Washington Post intended to convey as it described the new Bipartisan chemical protection…
By Cassius Kamarampi (Era of Wisdom) Thanks to Stop Spraying us San Francisco, 2016 rain tests were finally performed in the geoengineering hotspot of Sacramento, California. This is where I saw (and experienced the symptoms of) the worst chemtrails I’ve ever seen. [Above] is a picture of…
By Brandon Turbeville Long-known to have serious health effects on both animals and humans, BPA (Bisphenol-A) is still one of the most prevalent health-damaging chemicals present in the everyday life in the Western world. Fred vom Saal, an endocrinologist with the University of Missouri has…
By Nadia Prupis “Health Canada’s approval is irresponsible and disappointing,” said Dana Perls of Friends of the Earth Despite a sustained effort from public health and climate activists, genetically modified (GM or GMO) salmon has been officially sanctioned for sale in Canada. And if that…
By Terrence Newton Energy is perhaps the most important issue of human civilization at this time, and we are fortunate to bear witness to many exciting changes happening right before our eyes when it comes to creating the shift away from destructive fossil fuel power….
By Chris “Kikila” Perrin Surrey, UK — According to scientists, there are roughly 391,000 recorded species of vascular plants in the world, which are a large group that contains those plants with lignified tissues for “conducting water and minerals through the plant.” Shockingly, a report released…
By Amanda Froelich Thanks to Shell oil company, a 2 mile by 13 mile sheen of oil is now visible in the sea about 97 miles off the Louisiana coast. This is a result of 88,200 gallons of crude oil leaking from the company’s pipeline…
By itninja In the course of our technological history, we have seen devices start off as a huge (and often heavy) devices. However, as the demand for more power in compact devices grows, the technology engineers provide us with our demands. Hence, we see our technology,…
By True Activist Thanks to a specialized heat pump system, the Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) in Seward was able to switch from using fossil fuels to seawater for their heating needs. Not only will this save them roughly $15,000 a month, it will also considerably…
By Catherine J Frompovich Has anyone taken note of the numerous wildlife die-offs that have been reported over the past few years? If you think that may be an “off-the-wall” exaggeration question or statement, well, there’s an online website that painstakingly chronicles what’s been going…
By Vandita In an attempt to draw attention to the dangerous effects of fracking — a technique designed to extract natural gas and oil by fracturing shale rocks through drilling and injecting water, sand and chemicals into the ground at high pressure — Greens MP…
By Elizabeth Montag Kalpakkam, India — Indian nuclear scientists have developed a new method to remove salt from seawater, spurring hope for regions around the world ravaged by drought. In India, 13 of 29 states are currently suffering from a lack of clean, fresh water —…
By Brandon Turbeville Is there any nuclear site in the United States that is not currently collapsing, leaking or otherwise posing a major health or environmental risk? Certainly there are, but that number is becoming smaller and smaller. In addition to three other nuclear disasters…
