Lose your property for growing food?:
"Some small farms and organic food growers could be placed under direct supervision of the federal government under new legislation making its way through Congress. "
Lose your property for growing food?:
"Some small farms and organic food growers could be placed under direct supervision of the federal government under new legislation making its way through Congress. "
Weed-Whacking Herbicide Proves Deadly to Human Cells:
"Used in yards, farms and parks throughout the world, Roundup has long been a top-selling weed killer. But now researchers have found that one of Roundup’s inert ingredients can kill human cells, particularly embryonic, placental and umbilical cord cells.
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How Overfishing Almost Got Capt. Phillips Killed by Pirates : TreeHugger:
"t's estimated that $300 million worth of seafood is stolen from Somali waters altogether every year—a massive amount in any country, but even more so in one with such a depressed economy as Somalia's. Some local fisherman believe there will be no fishing industry to speak of if the practice goes on unchecked—so over-plundered are the fish populations in Somali waters."
Editor's Corner - Yahoo! News UK:
"Starbucks has today been accused of wasting more than 23 million litres of water every day.
The coffee chain, which prides itself on being green, has a health and safety policy of leaving taps running in all of its 10,000 branches worldwide it has been revealed today.
The company policy prohibits staff from turning off a cold tap behind the counter called a 'dipper well'. "
Is "ElectroSmog" Destroying the Planet's Bee Population?:
"Mobile phones, Wi-Fi networks, electric power lines are sources of 'electrosmog' disrupting nature on an unprecedented, massive scale causing birds and bees to lose their bearings, fail to reproduce and die, according to controversial research by Dr. Ulrich Warnke, a lecturer at the University of Saarland, in Germany, who has been studying the effects of man-made electrical fields on wildlife for more than 30 years. Warnke believes that 'an unprecedented dense mesh of artificial magnetic, electrical and electromagnetic fields' is being generated, disrupting the 'natural system of information' on which the species rely. Bees are able to change the polarity of their antennae at will, which enables them to navigate using the Earth's magnetic fields."