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Car exhaust linked to childhood cancers, study finds
Car exhaust linked to childhood cancers, study finds By Lynette Summerill Published April 10, 2013 If you’re like most people, your car is more than just a means of transportation — much, much more. It represents freedom. Your independence to go places, choose your own path and for the adventurous types, discovering the previously unexplored. For nearly a century the hyper-mobile society we live in has meant we have developed a deep love affair with our automobiles. The so...
Shale Gas Fracking
Water Lessons from the US to Europe Water and energy have always had a close relationship, but shale gas and water are particularly intimate. Water is integral to shale gas and there is a growing market, estimated to be worth up to $100 billion in the United States, for wastewater treatment. Tim Probert explores the opportunities in Europe. There is no question that shale gas has been a 'game-changer' in the US. From virtually nothing ten years ago, shale gas now accounts for around a...
Talking Water with the Kennedys
Famous for his environmental campaigning, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is clamping down on water polluters across the US. Here he talks to Tom Freyberg on topics such as nutrient removal, controversial gas fracking and why the water sector should take him seriously. Don't let Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s soft, dulcet tones fool you. He's an articulate, vocal, informative environmentalist with water on the mind and a legal sting to his tail. Named one of Time magazine's "Heroes for the Pla...
Subsidized Corn Destroying Global Bio-Diversity
PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I'm Paul Jay in Baltimore. And now joining us again to continue our discussion about his book Economics, the Environment and Our Common Wealthis James Boyce. He's director of the Program on Development, Peace Building, and the Environment at the PERI institute in Amherst. Thanks for joining us again, James. JAMES BOYCE, PROF. ECONOMICS, UMASS AMHERST: Nice to be back, Paul. Thank...
Lighthouses falling down! Click below to send an automated letter to the Minister...
The POINT TRAVERSE lighthouse and the SCOTCH BONNET ISLAND lighthouse need your help! Click on the link below to send an automated letter to Peter Kent, the Minister of the Environment and to Daryl Kramp, Hastings-Prince Edward MP as the lighthouses are located in that federal riding. Under the terms of the Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act, the Prince Edward Point lighthouse (aka, Point Traverse Lighthouse) and the Scotch Bonnet Island Lighthouse, both in Prince...
Seven key ways organic farming is superior to industrial agriculture
Seven key ways organic farming is superior to industrial agriculture by John McKiernan (NaturalNews) The industrial agriculture system has convinced many Americans that it is a necessity in order to produce an adequate food supply for the entire country. It operates under the assumption that it produces higher yields, more profits and is overall more efficient than organic farming. In reality, this couldn't be further from the truth. A 30 year side-by-side study published by the Rodale I...
The Fish Farm Fight
The Fish Farm Fight http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2012/11/the-fish-farm-fight.html For two decades I have refrained from using the word "fight" to describe the efforts of my self and others to bring reason to the conflict between industrial salmon feedlots and the living coast of British Columbia. Today, I have changed my mind. This is a fight - as in fighting for life. Through the passage of time and Justice Cohen, we are all a lot better informed today than when this...
Crisis at NJ nuclear plant barely avoided in wake of Hurricane Sandy's destruction
Crisis at NJ nuclear plant barely avoided in wake of Hurricane Sandy's destruction by Ethan A. Huff, staff writer (NaturalNews) The Associated Press (AP) is reporting that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)'s official alert for the Oyster Creek nuclear power facility in Forked River, New Jersey, has been lifted. The narrowly-averted crisis was first triggered as an "unusual event" on Monday as flood waters from Hurricane Sandy rose to 4.7 feet around the plant, but was late...
