Apr 22, 2021 | Earth Minute, Earth Radio, Featured, Social Media News
Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod · Earth Minute: Herbicides Killing Bees Popular herbicide products are threatening bee species according to a new study in the Journal of Applied Ecology. The study shows that inert ingredients found in products like Roundup...
Dec 13, 2018 | Climate Justice, Featured, Social Media News
Poisonings Prompt California to Reassess Super-toxic Rodenticides SACRAMENTO, Calif.— A new state analysis has documented super-toxic rat poisons in more than 85 percent of tested mountain lions, bobcats and protected Pacific fishers, prompting state regulators to...
Dec 6, 2018 | Bioenergy, Climate Justice, COP24, Featured, Social Media News, UN Climate COPs
KATOWICE, Poland— New analysis from the Center for Biological Diversity, Farm Forward and Brighter Green today finds that the meat-heavy menu at the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change conference COP24 could contribute more than 4,000 metric tons of...
Sep 26, 2018 | Climate Justice, Featured, Social Media News
Pesticides Commonly Approved Without Demonstrated Safety WASHINGTON— The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of the Inspector General released a report finding that the agency’s practice of routinely granting “emergency” approval for use of pesticides...
Aug 16, 2018 | Bioenergy, Climate Justice, Featured, Fracking, Tar Sands & Pipelines, Social Media News
GREAT FALLS, Mont.— On Wednesday, a federal judge sided with environmental, landowner and Tribal plaintiffs in their challenge to the Trump administration’s approval of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The State Department had attempted to fast-track its...