Jul 29, 2020 | Earth Minute, Earth Radio, Featured, Social Media News
Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod · Earth Minute: Genetically Modified Mosquitoes The plan to release genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys has been temporarily postponed. In May, the EPA approved the experimental release of genetically modified...
Jun 11, 2020 | Earth Radio, Earth Watch, Featured, Social Media News
Dicamba-resistant crops pose serious threat to human and environmental health Photo courtesy of Center for Food Safety Rob Faux is the Communications Associate in Iowa for the Pesticide Action Network. Rob is also a farmer, operating a diversified vegetable and...
May 26, 2020 | COVID: All Posts, Daily Digests of COVID-19 News, Deforestation, Forests, Honduras, Rainforest, Social Media News, UN Climate COPs, Videos
TRUMP’S EPA WANTS TO WEAKEN SCIENCE-BASED RULES FOR TOXIC AIR POLLUTANTS (24 MAY 2020) Truthout: Ethylene oxide is a particularly dangerous chemical that’s both extremely flammable and potentially highly toxic to humans. Just a brief exposure to enough ethylene oxide...
May 12, 2020 | COVID: All Posts, Daily Digests of COVID-19 News, Forests, Rainforest, Social Media News, Uncategorized
CLIMATE CRISIS WEEKLY: TRUMP HAS ROLLED BACK 98 ENVIRONMENTAL RULES — NYT (9 MAY 2020) Elektrek: Donald Trump promised to deregulate environmental and climate policies, and he’s delivered. Why did he want to do that? Because he thinks the rules are unnecessary, that...
May 1, 2020 | all other, COVID: All Posts, Daily Digests of COVID-19 News, Forests, Indigenous Peoples, Rainforest, Social Media News
COVID-19 UNDERSCORES WHY WE NEED TO MAKE MAY DAY RADICAL AGAIN (1 MAY 2020) Truthout: Millions of Americans have lost their jobs and health care in the midst of the pandemic lockdown and people are, reasonably, looking for someone or something to blame for their...