Court rules organic farmers can sue conventional, GMO farmers whose pesticides ‘trespass’ and contaminate their fields Posted 03 August 2011, by Ethan A. Huff, Natural News, naturalnews.com (NaturalNews) Purveyors of conventional and genetically-modified (GM) crops — and the pesticides and herbicides that accompany them — are finally getting a taste of their own legal medicine. [...]
Archive for August 3rd, 2011
3 Aug
BP Disaster a Year Later, Healthcare Crisis Worsens
BP Disaster a Year Later, Healthcare Crisis Worsens Posted 28 July 2011, by Lily Hough, Inter Press Service (IPS), ipsnews.net WASHINGTON, Jul 28, 2011 (IPS) – When news of the disastrous BP oil well explosion reached the residents of Jean Lafitte, Louisiana last April, Mayor Tim Kerner did the only thing he could [...]
3 Aug
World Ecology Report Summer Fall 2011
World Ecology Report Summer Fall 2011 Posted 30 July 2011, by Staff, World Information Transfer, worldinfo.org English | Chinese | Russian | Spanish | Ukrainian World Ecology Report, 2011 Summer Fall Vol XXIII No 2, 3 Download the Report (PDF: 6.0 Mb) World Ecology Report (WER) published since 1989 is a quarterly digest produced in Chinese, English, Russian and Ukrainian and [...]
3 Aug
‘Heatwave’ in Arctic decimating sea ice
‘Heatwave’ in Arctic decimating sea ice Posted 21 July 2011, by Jeremy Hance, Mongabay, mongabay.com Arctic sea ice could hit a record low by the end of the summer due to temperatures in the North Pole that are an astounding 11 to 14 degrees Fahrenheit (6 to 8 degrees Celsius) above average in the first [...]
3 Aug
Anti-Gas Flare War Underway in Niger Delta by Women
Anti-Gas Flare War Underway in Niger Delta by Women Posted 31 July 2011, by Akanimo Sampson, Scoop Independent News, scoop.co.nz APPARENTLY threatened by the menacing impact of climate change, some 250 Niger Delta women, are currently threatening to mobilize women and youths in the oil and gas region, to rise again against big oil if [...]
3 Aug
Cikobia women undertake restoration effort
Cikobia women undertake restoration effort Posted 01 August 2011, by Epeli Tukuwasa, Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC), radiofiji.com Women of Cikobia Island in Vanua Levu have taken lead roles in ensuring the preservation of their culture as well as the creation of opportunities for income generation. Speaking to FBC News Cikobia Environment Adviser [...]
3 Aug
Devastating report exposes unequal treatment of BP illness claims
Devastating report exposes unequal treatment of BP illness claims Posted 31 July 2011, by Jordan Flaherty, San Francisco BayView, sfbayview.com Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) set up in the aftermath of the BP drilling disaster, has broken with his own past practices − disregarding the evidence compiled [...]
3 Aug
Tree Audit To Assist In Care And Maintenance Of Trees
Tree Audit To Assist In Care And Maintenance Of Trees Posted 02 August 2011, by Staff, WIBW-TV (Gray Television, Inc.), wibw.com (Lawrence, Kan.) – A census is underway. However, with this census, those surveyed will not be moving anytime soon. Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department is currently performing a tree inventory, which [...]
3 Aug
Bubble-wrapping nature against corporate greed
Bubble-wrapping nature against corporate greed Posted 02 Augst 2011, by Meera Karunananthan, Rabble, rabble.ca As an environmental justice campaigner in North America, sometimes I feels like I am operating in a bubble. I am in San Francisco in the midst of a national “debate” on the U.S. debt, in a bubble at the [...]
