Environment & Climate
The Organic Revolution: Change the System, Not the Climate
What if there were an organic technology that could cut greenhouse emissions in half and literally suck down and sequester carbon dioxide in living soil - bringing the total amount of CO2 in the atmosphere down to 350 ppm - the level scientists warn us we must acheive in order to avert a climate catastrophe?
Cook Organic, Not the Planet. Boycott Factory-Farmed Foods.
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March 20, 2007
Just the other day, my seven-year-old son explained that it was important to protect small creeks from pollution because the bad stuff can travel downstream. That observation might seem like common sense, but there's a debate going on in Washington now that would make my child scratch his head. Polluting industries are trying to convince the Bush administration and Congress that the Clean Water Act should not keep certain water bodies clean.
At the same time, leaders in Congress are reintroducing a bill that would define protected "waters of the United States" based on the Read more
At the same time, leaders in Congress are reintroducing a bill that would define protected "waters of the United States" based on the Read more
Scientific Study
March 16, 2007
"How much of our food production do we want to turn over to other
countries that might be friendly now and not friendly in the future?
The federal government is looking at this and my question is: Are honey
bees the canary
in the
Scientific Study
March 13, 2007
Obesity is largely blamed on calories (too many) and exercise (too
little), but recent studies suggest that chemical exposure may also
pack on pounds. And it's tough to diet from so-called "obesogens,"
which show up in everything from pesticides to food containers.
Chemicals found to produce more and larger fat cells in mice include
waterproof-paint ingredient tributyltin; diethylstilbestrol, which was
widely prescribed to pregnant women from the 1940s to the '60s; and
estrogen-like bisphenol A, which showed up in 95 percent of people
tested by one recent study. BPA promotes fat-cell activity Read more
News
March 25, 2014
GM WATCH comment: Terrific speech (item 1) worth reading in full.
EXTRACTS: What would certainly come out of the BP-Berkeley facilities would be a large number of genetically altered, reproducing, LIVING organisms to be released in the public environment.
These organisms do not represent Science. If anything, they may represent our failure as scientists to assume the deep inadequacies of our understanding about living organisms and the ecology of our planet.
Despite a third of a Century and more than $350 billion dollars invested in the trinket, a Read more
EXTRACTS: What would certainly come out of the BP-Berkeley facilities would be a large number of genetically altered, reproducing, LIVING organisms to be released in the public environment.
These organisms do not represent Science. If anything, they may represent our failure as scientists to assume the deep inadequacies of our understanding about living organisms and the ecology of our planet.
Despite a third of a Century and more than $350 billion dollars invested in the trinket, a Read more
News
March 11, 2007
The IPCC and the European Union
Next IPCC Climate Report to Warn of Drought, Disease and
Read more News
March 8, 2007
The generation-old checkout counter question of paper or plastic could get a bit more complicated if San Francisco lawmakers ban plastic grocery bags.
Angered by what they see as a weak effort by supermarkets to cut down on the use of plastic bags, six local lawmakers want the city to prohibit grocers from giving out the ubiquitous sacks blamed for eating up fossil fuel, littering streets and choking wildlife.
"San Francisco is poised to be the first U.S. city to ratchet up its response against global warming," said Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, who crafted the measure Read more
Angered by what they see as a weak effort by supermarkets to cut down on the use of plastic bags, six local lawmakers want the city to prohibit grocers from giving out the ubiquitous sacks blamed for eating up fossil fuel, littering streets and choking wildlife.
"San Francisco is poised to be the first U.S. city to ratchet up its response against global warming," said Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, who crafted the measure Read more
News
March 8, 2007
CULEBRA CREEK, Colo (Reuters) - As the snow melts from the towering peaks in the distance, Culebra Creek runs fast and the trout are biting. But Van Beecham, a fourth generation fishing guide, is uneasy.
"When I was a kid we never had regular run-off from the mountains in February or March. This is global warming," Beecham said.
The early run-offs are one of many signs of warming temperatures that have caught the attention of hunters and anglers around the United States -- an influential group that has its pulse on the outdoors. Read more
"When I was a kid we never had regular run-off from the mountains in February or March. This is global warming," Beecham said.
The early run-offs are one of many signs of warming temperatures that have caught the attention of hunters and anglers around the United States -- an influential group that has its pulse on the outdoors. Read more
News
March 8, 2007
Green ain't just the color of the broccoli anymore in the restaurant
biz. And a good thing too: the average restaurant generates 50,000
pounds of waste (half of it food) and uses 300,000 gallons of water
every year. Enter the Green Restaurant Association, which provides
environmental assessments and "certifies" restaurants for using
eco-friendly measures like efficient light bulbs, unbleached napkins,
and Styrofoam alternatives. But only a tiny percentage of the nation's
1 million restaurants have gone the GRA way; sustainability in the $500
billion U.S. restaurant industry -- which is larger Read more
News
March 7, 2007
WASHINGTON, DC, March 7, 2007 (ENS) - The risk of getting cancer from coal ash lagoons is 10,000 times greater than government safety standards allow, according to a draft report from the Environmental Protection Agency obtained by Earthjustice.
The revised risk assessment has not been formally released by EPA, but environmental groups received a summary of the draft.
It indicates that the cancer risk for adults and children drinking groundwater contaminated with arsenic from coal combustion waste dumps can be as high as 1 in 100 - 10,000 times higher than EPA's Read more
The revised risk assessment has not been formally released by EPA, but environmental groups received a summary of the draft.
It indicates that the cancer risk for adults and children drinking groundwater contaminated with arsenic from coal combustion waste dumps can be as high as 1 in 100 - 10,000 times higher than EPA's Read more
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