The extractive industries of mining, oil and gas are practicing global land grabbing on a scale of expansion and acceleration far greater than most people realize, and a new report shows the “relentless” trend is a significant threat to Earth’s biodiversity.
Oh, the horror. Being stunned for three days just doesn’t cut it anymore and the Obama administration’s official story still remains as full of holes as the bodies of those innocent civilians in Afghanistan, all killed by the concept of another lone gunman.
Yet another disturbing report has been released on costs associated with hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, both in terms of human health and government corruption, as the industry starts its assault on the global freshwater supply.
The legal case of Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association et al v. Monsanto has been dismissed by US District Judge Naomi Buchwald, calling the seed behemoth’s right to conduct seed patent infringement lawsuits a “source of comfort.”
As the one-year memorial of the Fukushima nuclear disaster approaches, a new report notes while the earthquake and ensuing tsunami were its trigger mechanisms, the key causes of the accident were failures of political influence and industry-led regulation.
Although time has caused many in the US to move on from Japan’s March 2011 triple crown disaster, a growing reality is the earthquake-tsunami-nuclear meltdown created a fourth prong, North America’s unpreparedness for an ensuing assault of sea debris.
A coalition of environmental organizations is calling for large-scale protection of critical marine habitats in 19 specific areas of the Southern Ocean around Antarctica, focusing on the Ross Sea as the “crown jewel” of those marine protected areas (MPAs).
As administrators of online writing sites sit in offices of miniature fiefdoms, overlooking their online sweatshops, a stuttering global economy ensures them a never-ending supply of mediocre writers, thus ensuring a pitiful payment structure.
The single largest seizure of methamphetamine in Mexico’s storied drug war history, and perhaps the largest seizure anywhere in the world, was announced in early February and signals a shift in the drug war’s focus on cocaine shipments.
Citing Walmart’s anti-competitive practices and its impact on the food chain, a new report calls on the federal government to investigate the company’s actions, and to adapt food and farm policy which strengthens regional food systems for all.
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