Environment - Part 7
"GM Crop Production is Lowering US Yields and Increasing Pesticide Use...There is no reason GM foods should be approved safe for consumption, we just don’t know enough about them. ...[Read more]
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Ever since the crisis in Ukraine erupted, the oil and gas industry and its friends in Congress have been pushing exports of gas. While many justifications have been offered to explain this push for LNG exports, in reality, this has nothing to do with loft ...[Read more]
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Almost one-quarter of European crops vital pollinators bumblebees could die out in the coming years, as half of the species are declining, a new study says. Citing human factor and climate change, it warns of serious implications for agric ...[Read more]
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The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued its most dire warning yet about how greenhouse gases have driven up global temperatures and extreme weather, while threatening sources of food and water. "Throughout the 21st century, ...[Read more]
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As genetically modified crops fail in several regions around the world and are exposed as a detriment to health, many are beginning to see right through the high-dollar false advertising claims projected by biotech corporations like Monsanto.
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Risk analyst Nassim Nicholas Taleb predicted the 2008 financial crisis, by pointing out that commonly-used risk models were wrong. Distinguished professor of risk engineering at New York University, author of best-sellers The Black Swan and Fooled by Ran ...[Read more]
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The Karnataka government has banned the sale of Mahyco's BT and hybrid seeds in the state, following reports of their failure.According to a release here today, crops in seven districts had failed causing huge losses to cotton growers. ...[Read more]
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Scotland remains on track to produce the equivalent of 100% of its electricity consumption from renewable sources by 2020, according to a recent report by WWF Scotland. ...[Read more]
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As individual and anonymous consumers, it's seemingly impossible to even estimate the physical ramifications of our daily consumption and waste. While our personal imprints may not seem in themselves worthy of alarm, the combined effect of human's habits ...[Read more]
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The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill have likely inflicted serious heart defects and possibly premature death in tuna and other large marine fish, according to a study initiated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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A study by an entomologist at Iowa State University in Ames Iowa found that western corn rootworm is now resistant to two varieties of Bt-incorporated genetically engineered (GE) maize and that resistant insects are likely to be cross-resistant. This stud ...[Read more]
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