Tag: Health
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Fracked Gas: A Bridge Fuel to Nowhere
To start, natural gas is not the clean-energy solution it’s touted to be. According to the Pembina Institute, if only five of the 12 proposed liquefied natural gas terminals were built on the B.C. coast, they could spew 63-million tons of carbon a year into the atmosphere—exceeding the amount now produced by the Alberta tar…
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Top 5 Reasons LNG Exports Are a Very Bad Idea
The Department of Energy has failed to consider the environmental and health consequences of such a radical increase in natural gas drilling. They really should, because both the potential risks and the known harms are enormous. Here are five environme…
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Study Shows Pesticide Exposure Dramatically Increases Risk of Developing Parkinson’s Disease
“This report is the first to show that there is a positive relationship between not only insecticides and herbicides but also some other solvent chemicals to which many people are exposed and the development of Parkinson’s syndrome …
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March Against Monsanto Unites Global Food Activists
“I see anarchists, conservatives, libertarians, liberals and communists and people of all ages and ethnic groups. We are uniting to fight for healthy and safe food. This is what a mass movement against corporate greed looks like …
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March Against Monsanto Unites Global Food Activists
“I see anarchists, conservatives, libertarians, liberals and communists and people of all ages and ethnic groups. We are uniting to fight for healthy and safe food. This is what a mass movement against corporate greed looks like …