Tag: Featured News
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How Obama’s Climate Hubs Will Help Farmers Battle Climate Change
[caption id="attachment_320573" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] The Obama Administration couldn’t afford to wait on Congress to take the country’s latest action on climate change. In an effort to understand and address the impact climate has on farmers in different areas, the administration announced the formation of of seven climate hubs in various regions…
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President Obama Signs Farm Bill Legalizing Industrial Hemp
Vote Hemp, the nation’s leading grassroots hemp advocacy organization working to revitalize industrial hemp production in the U.S., is excited to report that President Obama has signed the Farm Bill which contains an amendment to legalize hemp production for research purposes. [caption id="attachment_320625" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo credit: Change.org[/caption] Originally introduced by Rep. Polis (D-CO), Rep.…
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Bill McKibben to President Obama: Say No to Big Oil
In an interview with Moyers & Company, author and environmental activist Bill McKibben tells Bill Moyers that many who believed Barack Obama in 2008 when he called for ending the tyranny of the oil industry are about to find out “whether or not they were right to believe.” McKibben said President Obama is “theoretically a good environmentalist,” but…
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EPA Approves Another Pesticide Highly Toxic to Bees
Flying in the face of recent science demonstrating that pollinator populations are declining, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made the decision to unconditionally register another pesticide that is known to be highly toxic to bees—almost one year after the EPA registered sulfoxaflor, disregarding concerns from beekeepers and environmental groups. [caption id="attachment_320565" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo courtesy of…
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Canadian Tar Sands Poised to Flood European Market As U.S. Considers Lifting Oil Export Ban
By Phil Ortiz Recent developments in Europe and the U.S. are setting the groundwork for a surge in Canadian tar sands production. In both regions, government leaders are considering proposals that would loosen import and export regulations for the fuel, which has been estimated to produce 23 percent more greenhouse gases than conventional oil. [caption id=”attachment_320535″ align=”alignnone”…