Tag: Health
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Improve Your World: No Fracking, Yes Renewable Energy
SANDRA STEINGRABER — Well, then, what if we divorced the fossil fuel industry, and, over the next two decades, transitioned entirely to wind, water and solar energy while, at the same time, reducing our per capita energy consumption by half. Would that work? In fact …
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Global March Against Monsanto May 25
ECOWATCH — The march will bring global awareness to the destructive practices of Monsanto—a company widely believed to be the “most evil corporation” on Earth …
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U.S. Fails to Follow Suit as Global Community Agrees to Eliminate Flame Retardant Chemical
CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW — Because lawmakers have repeatedly failed to fix the 1976 U.S. Toxic Substances Control Act, the U.S. EPA remains unable to protect people and wildlife from hundreds of hazardous chemicals …
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Polluting Hog Farm Threatened With Lawsuit for Violations of Clean Water Act
WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE — The groups allege that swine waste has been mismanaged at the facility and is unlawfully being discharged into wetlands, ditches, streams, rivers and groundwater without a permit …
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Fugitive Methane Emissions: The Climate Implications of U.S. Shale Gas Exports
WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE — In addition to habitat disruption and impacts on local air and water quality, one of the most significant implications of natural gas production is fugitive methane emissions …