Tag: Health
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Global Environmental Leader: Samuel Duo Helps Build Liberia’s Sustainable Community
When Duo completed his PhD in May, 2011, he returned to Liberia, where the state of the economy was abysmal. Most businessmen had fled the country and few enterprises were intrepid enough to do business with the struggling country. Liberia could not pr…
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Sit In Continues Demanding a Moratorium on Fracking in Illinois
From water contamination, air pollution to earthquakes in one of the nation’s most deadly seismic zones—conferring with a U.S. Geological Survey, there is already a 90 percent chance that a magnitude six or seven earthquake will occur in the New Madrid seismic area within the next fifty years—the unleashed fracking rush promises to not only…
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Proposed Coal Export Terminals Putting People and Planet at Risk
There are currently two active coal export proposals in Washington and one proposal in Boardman, OR, that would export a total 100 million metric tons per year if built. Formally submitted by Earthjustice, the petitioners ask the Army Corps to conduct …
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Bipartisan Toxic Reform Bill Introduced in Senate
Under the current law, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which has been in effect since 1976, only approximately 200 of the 80,000 chemicals approved for sale in this country have undergone safety testing …
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Is Outrage Over Monsanto Protection Act a Turning Point for the Food Movement?
The law—conveniently snuck into the must-pass budget bill—requires the USDA to ignore a court order and allow the planting of new genetically engineered crops while the agency conducts further review, after which time it’s likely too late to undo any harm …