Tag: Featured
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33 Toxic Hair Straighteners Under International Recall Still Sold in U.S.
Thirty-three hair-straightening products have been recalled over the last three years in several countries due to high levels of formaldehyde, however, the U.S. has yet to pull the toxic products, according to new research from the national nonprofit Women’s Voices for the Earth (WVE). [caption id="attachment_326723" align="alignnone" width="500"] Read on to find out which toxic hair straighteners…
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France Stands Up to Monsanto, Bans Seed Giant’s GMO Corn
On Saturday, France’s agriculture ministry temporarily banned the sale, use and cultivation of Monsanto’s MON 810 genetically engineered (GE) corn—the only variety that had been authorized in the European Union (EU). [caption id="attachment_326569" align="alignnone" width="500"] Genetically engineered corn is facing fierce resistant from both French environmentalists and country officials. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] The French…
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Breaking: Duke Energy Caught Dumping Wastewater from Coal Ash Lagoon Into Local Watershed
Waterkeeper Alliance released aerial surveillance photos taken from a fixed-wing aircraft last week showing Duke Energy workers pumping wastewater from two of Duke Energy’s toxic coal ash lagoons into a canal that drains into the Cape Fear River. [blackoutgallery id=”326556″] The revelation comes less than two months after the Dan River disaster, where at least 30,000 tons…
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Government Encourages Clean Energy By Creating Wind Resource Centers Around the Country
With wind energy rising to the fifth-largest electricity source in the U.S., the desire for more information and help deploying it won’t be dying down any time soon. Recognizing this, the the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have announced the development of six Wind Energy Regional Resource Centers around the country. The…
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Celebrating the Burgeoning Green Roof Scene in DC
The Executive Director of DC Greenworks, Peter Ensign, recently teamed up with filmmaker Sandy Cannon-Brown to produce a short film on the burgeoning green roof scene in Washington, DC, and it will be screened at the venerable Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capitol on March 21. I used the occasion to ask him a few questions. Q. What will people…