Tag: Featured
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Extreme Drought Causes Environmental Crisis in Colombia
On World Water Day, March 22, Colombian news reports were released with horrific photos of scores of dead wildlife. A devastating drought has created an environmental crisis, threatening public health and killing more than 20,000 fish and animals in the Paz de Ariporo municipality of Casanare, Colombia. This water shortage rings the alarm that we need…
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EcoWatch CEO Featured on National Google+ Hangout April 15 on Keystone XL
Join the People’s World for a Google+ Hangout. Stefanie Spear, founder and CEO of EcoWatch, and Tyson Slocum, director of Public Citizen Climate and Energy will be featured participants. Spear has been publishing environmental news for more than two decades, and works to educate and motivate people to protect human health and the environment. Slocum is an advocate of…
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Rep. Pompeo to Introduce Koch-Funded, Monsanto-Backed, Voluntary GMO Food Labeling Bill
Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) will introduce legislation this month backed by the Grocery Manufactures Association—including biotech giant Monsanto and Koch Industries—that would establish a voluntary labeling system for food made with genetically modified organisms (GMO), according to an industry insider. [caption id="attachment_329456" align="alignnone" width="500"] “American consumers want the right to know what is in the…
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Congress: Protect Public Health, Not Toxic Chemicals
Americans have long been unwitting subjects in an uncontrolled experiment. For decades, U.S. manufacturers—with the federal government’s blessing—have been producing tens of thousands of untested, potentially toxic chemicals, many of which wind up in our bodies. These substances include suspected neurotoxins, carcinogens and endocrine disruptors, and thousands of other chemicals for which there is little…
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Biomass Electricity More Polluting Than Coal
Biomass electricity generation, a heavily subsidized form of “green” energy that relies primarily on the burning of wood, is more polluting and worse for the climate than coal, according to a new analysis of 88 pollution permits for biomass power plants in 25 states. [caption id="attachment_329418" align="alignnone" width="500"] The report found that although wood-burning power…