A zine from the Spore Liberation Front exploring the numerous uses for mushrooms and their implications for ecoactivists and other Earth friendly folk. From food to medicine to paper and dyes to the amazing new field of mycorememdiation (the use of mushrooms […]
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Coca-Cola, Dow Chemical, Disney, Weyerhaeuser Join Forces to Protect the World’s Forests From Themselves? The Coca-Cola Company, Dow Chemical and Duke Energy are among 24 major companies that have agreed to develop a methodology to assign value to the world’s forests, freshwater […]
Continue readingFarmers Stand up to Monsanto Seed Police
By R.T. Jones This just in from Wood Prairie Farm. . . Seventy-five family farmers, seed businesses, and agricultural organizations representing over 300,000 individuals and 4,500 farms filed a a brief today with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal […]
Continue readingThis Summer Is ‘What Global Warming Looks Like’
By AP / SETH BORENSTEIN (WASHINGTON) — If you want a glimpse of some of the worst of global warming, scientists suggest taking a look at U.S. weather in recent weeks. Horrendous wildfires. Oppressive heat waves. Devastating droughts. Flooding from giant deluges. […]
Continue readingUS Coast Guard Creates ‘Protest-free Zone’ in Alaska Oil Drilling Zone
from PressTV.com The United States Coast Guard will establish and enforce “a 500-meter safety zone” around the Shell Oil Company’s drilling vessel Noble Discoverer as it drills exploratory offshore wells in the sensitive Arctic waters off the coast of Alaska beginning this […]
Continue readingWe Were Wrong on Peak Oil. There’s Enough to Fry Us All
A boom in oil production has made a mockery of our predictions. Good news for capitalists – but a disaster for humanity by George Monbiot / UK Guardian The facts have changed, now we must change too. For the past 10 years […]
Continue readingWhat Would A Real Transition To A Sustainable Society Look Like?
By Max Wilbert / Deep Green Resistance Climate scientists are clear that modern human societies are changing the atmosphere of the planet, mainly by clearing forests, grasslands, wetlands, and other natural ecosystems for the purposes of development and logging and by burning […]
Continue readingCan a Tiny Purple Desert Orchid Stop a Massive Open-Pit Mine
by the Center for Biological Diversity TUCSON, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the agency’s failure to protect Coleman’s coralroot under the Endangered Species Act. Coleman’s coralroot is an extremely […]
Continue readingObama Plan Expands Risky Offshore Drilling in Arctic, Gulf of Mexico
by the Center for Biological Diversity SAN FRANCISCO— The Obama administration announced plans on Thursday to dramatically expand offshore oil drilling, including in the Arctic and the heart of critical habitat for polar bears. The plan will also expand high-risk, ultra-deepwater drilling […]
Continue readingFeds Grant Approval for Southern Portion of Keystone XL
—By Kate Sheppard/ Mother Jones Not long after delaying the approval of the Keystone XL, President Obama announced that the administration is expediting consideration of permits for the pipeline’s southern portion. And that’s exactly what happened on Wednesday, according to the New […]
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