The Supreme Court votes unanimously in favor of Monsanto, firmly protecting the agricultural giant’s right to patent life.
May 14, 2013
Study Links Insecticide Use To Invertebrate Die-Offs
The world’s most widely used insecticide is not only devastating honeybee colonies. A groundbreaking study reveals extreme pesticide pollution is also killing dragonflies, snails, and other water-based species in mass amounts.
Tags: banned, bayer, Bees, european union, friends of the earth, guardian, julian little, parliament, plos one, pollinators, pollution, soil, water
April 18, 2013
Massive Fertilizer Facility Blast In Texas Claims Lives, Destroys Homes
Why was such a dangerous facility so close to homes? And why are chemical plants like this one only inspected by the state about once every 67 years?
Tags: ammonia, firefighters, grist, guardian, inspections, john upton, new york times, slate, washington post
March 20, 2013
Are Vintage Clothes More Ethical?
Stylish eco-warriors are choosing vintage as low impact clothing—but we don’t know much about where these garments are from. So how green is it to dress vintage?
February 23, 2013
Insecticide ‘Unacceptable’ Danger To Bees
The world’s most widely used pesticide has for the first time been officially labelled an unacceptable danger to bees feeding on flowering crops.