Environmental Justice

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    PEACE LIKE A RIVER: There’s a Time for Hyper-vigilance and a...

    Thinking about Newtown. Chased by an unending stampede of 2,000-pound automobiles and 4,000-pound SUVs, we cocoon inside our homes. The assault continues. Unsettling, threatening images charge through the television cable and overwhelm us. Hyper-vigilance trumps mindfulness. Where do we find respite? The poet Wendell Berry offers direction: When despair for the world grows in me [...]

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    Surprised? Monsanto Openly Wrote Own Monsanto Protection Ac

    It should come as no surprise to many of you to find out that Monsanto actually authored the wording of its own Monsanto Protection Act hidden in the recently passed and signed Continuing Resolution spending bill. How could a major corporation write its own laws and regulations, you ask? Quite frankly I think it’s important to understand that the [...]

  • Is Rocket Fuel Making Organic Farming Impossible?

    Perchlorate is an environmental pollutant primarily associated with releases by defense contractors, military operations and aerospace programs, as it is a key ingredient in rocket fuel. It is now found in virtually all humans tested, and it is continually making its way up the food chain through ground and drinking water, into feed and edible plants, [...]

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    Global Treaty Signed to Stop Deadly Mercury While FDA Allows

    Over 140 nations have come together under a new treaty to curb deadly mercury pollution over serious risks to worldwide health, but meanwhile the FDA is still allowing the mass majority of US citizens to chomp down on mercury-containing processed foods. Specifically, mercury has actually been found in the highly popular genetically modified junk ingredient high-fructose corn [...]

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    Study: GMO Crops Are Killing Butterflies

    (Butterfly photo by Lisa Reagan) We’re all familiar with Big Ag’s bad reputation of picking on small-scale and organic farmers. Now Monsanto and its cronies are beating up an even more innocuous set of victims: beautiful, defenseless monarch butterflies. A new study from the University of Minnesota and Iowa State University fingers Monsanto’s genetically modified corn and [...]