by Justin Berton, Kevin Fagan and Vivian Ho Thousands of East Bay residents were ordered to stay in their homes with the windows and doors closed Monday night after a series of explosions and fires tore through Chevron’s Richmond refinery. The explosions started […]
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Caffeine Pollution in the Ocean
Plastic, clothing fibers and CO2 are not the only things ending up the sea. So is caffeine. Scientists at Portland State University and Washington State University, Vancouver, found caffeine concentrations off the coast of Oregon. To their surprise, the substance was not […]
Continue readingBeasts of the Southern Wild: A Review
Review by Russ McSpadden Beasts of the Southern Wild is a big budget Indy film about anthropogenic ecological collapse as experienced by a poor and backwoods bayou island community called the Bathtub, situated just off the coast of New Orleans. More specifically, […]
Continue readingShagged by a Rare and Pudgy Parrot
by the Center for Biological Diversity When zoologist Mark Carwardine headed into the dense jungle landscape of New Zealand in search of one of the last remaining wild kakapos — pudgy, nocturnal parrots that can’t fly — little did he know he […]
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Continue readingMonsanto Soy Blocked by Yucatan Beekeepers
Reposted from Yucatan Times Echoing a recent block in Poland, beekeepers have succeeded in preventing, through two suspensions obtained in amparo (specialized protection), the seeding of transgenic soy for 253,500 hectares in Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz, and […]
Continue readingMutant Mosquitoes in the Keys?
British biotechnology company Oxitec has plans to release genetically engineered mosquitoes in Key West, Florida. These mutant insects are bred in the lab to transmit a gene during the reproductive process that kills their offspring. Controversial experimental releases of 3 million […]
Continue readingNative American Health Traumas Addressed
cross-posted from Indian Country By Devon G. Peña, Ph.D. One of the consequences of the conquest and settlement of North and South America by Europeans was the displacement and destruction of native biological and cultural diversity. The environmental historian Alfred Crosby has […]
Continue readingAutonomous indigenous community shuts down illegal logging in Mexico
from New York Times CHERÁN, Mexico — The woman’s exhausted eyes reflected the flames dancing in front of her. A 38-year-old grandmother, she is also a leader of the civilian insurgency that has taken over this mountain town in the state of […]
Continue readingW. Virginia Fish Threatened by MTR, Fracking, Proposed for Endangered Species Protection
by the Center for Biological Diversity CHARLESTON, W.V.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed Endangered Species Act protections for a small fish called the diamond darter and 122 river miles of its critical habitat in West Virginia and Kentucky. The […]
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