Thursday, October 31, 2024

New Study: First Commercialized GM Crop Was Toxic to Farm Animals over Long-Term

This study reveals once again the urgent need for specific labeling of the identity and quantity of GMOs, especially in food and feed.

Can This Entrepreneur Save Flint From a Plastic Bottle Crisis?

David Antelo says his reverse osmosis machines can provide clean water to the lead-plagued city without the landfill waste.

Protesters Lock Their Bodies to Machines to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline

Native Americans from across the U.S. and Canada continue to arrive at the resistance camps to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline. Some of them locked themselves to the heavy machinery.

Wisconsin leads on climate research, even as agencies cut science from websites

“If you’re not recognizing that burning fossil fuels is causing climate change, then you’re not looking for solutions that reduce climate change.”

Exclusive: Whistleblower accuses Exxon of ‘fraudulent’ behavior for overvaluing fracking assets for years

“This is just a continuation of at least six years of fraudulent and defiant behavior by Exxon, which has slanted its accounting policies and skewed its impairment calculations to avoid necessary write downs of its oil & gas properties since at least 2014.”

Popular farm pesticide found in drinking water

Though the study was exclusive to Iowa, it could have far-reaching effects on the entire U.S.

Montana eased regulations for Keystone XL after lobbying by TransCanada

By the year’s end, TransCanada expects to make a final decision on whether to proceed with Keystone XL.

Trump’s new FERC commissioner Rob Powelson accepted gifts from energy industry as state regulator

Opponents of fossil fuel infrastructure are protesting Powelson and Chatterjee’s nominations.

Exxon CEO accused of lying about climate science to congressional panel

"There is a clear conflict between what Exxon CEO told the public and what Exxon scientists were warning privately for years."

Nearly 29,000 tons of COVID plastic now floats in the oceans, study finds

A new study calculates for the first time how much of that waste is ending up in the oceans and what it is doing once it gets there.