Tag: Featured News
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Women of the World Call for Urgent Action on Climate Change
Apart from those imprisoned in a fortress of science denial, 69 percent of Americans give credence to the 95 percent of climate scientists who agree on the reality and trajectory of human-induced climate change. Nevertheless, the levers on its supersized drivers don’t seem to be within our grasp. Americans live with this looming threat, without…
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Blackfish Documentary Exposes Industry Cruelty of Orca Whales in Captivity
By James Trimarco Advocates of rights for whales and dolphins made strides last night, as the documentary Blackfish aired on CNN during prime-time hours. The film tells the story of orca whales kept in captivity at the Seaworld theme parks in California, Florida and Texas. Blackfish is not easy to watch. Scenes of huge whales swimming despondently past human…
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Toxic Algal Blooms Connected to Climate Change and Industrial Agriculture
Nutrient enrichment and climate change are posing yet another concern of growing importance—an apparent increase in the toxicity of some algal blooms in freshwater lakes and estuaries around the world, which threatens aquatic organisms, ecosystem health and human drinking water safety. As this nutrient enrichment, or “eutrophication” increases, so will the proportion of toxin-producing strains…
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Scientists Discover Key Molecule Linking Neonicotinoids to Honey Bee Viruses
A team of scientists in Italy believe they have found the molecular mechanism through which neonicotinoid pesticides adversely impacts the immune system of honey bees. The team’s experiments suggest that exposure to neonicotinoids results in increased levels of a particular protein in bees that inhibits a key molecule involved in the immune response, making the…
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Internal Documents Reveal Coverup in North Dakota Oil Spill
By Jesse Coleman North Dakota, long known for its cattle ranches and open spaces, has recently become one of the oil and gas industry’s most prized—and profitable—possessions, thanks to the advent of fracking. However, the price of oil and gas industry development is paid in destruction to the environment and strains to the regulatory framework meant…