Tag: Health
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Extreme Energy and Planetary Decline
TOMDISPATCH — The very definition of success—more middle-class consumers, more car owners, more shoppers, which means more energy used, more fossil fuels burned, more greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere—is also, as it never would have been before, the definition of failure. The greater the “success,” the more intense the droughts, the stronger the …
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EPA Approves New Pesticide Highly Toxic to Bees
BEYOND PESTICIDES — In addition to risks to bees, sulfoxaflor is also classified as “suggestive evidence of carcinogenic potential” based on the incidence of tumors and carcinomas in mice and rats …
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Mainstream Media Ignores Connection Between Climate Change and Severe Weather, Again
MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA — The Midwest has experienced near record flooding this spring, resulting in four deaths, extensive property damage and disruptions of agriculture and transportation. Evidence suggests that man-made climate change …
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Mainstream Media Ignores Connection Between Climate Change and Severe Weather, Again
MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA — The Midwest has experienced near record flooding this spring, resulting in four deaths, extensive property damage and disruptions of agriculture and transportation. Evidence suggests that man-made climate change …
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Redefining Progress: How Well-Being and Happiness Depend on a Healthy Environment
DAVID SUZUKI — His response was semi-facetious: He said Bhutan’s priority was not the GNP but GNH—gross national happiness. Bhutan’s government has since taken the concept of GNH seriously and galvanized thinking around …