Tyrone Hayes has fought a 15-year battle with Syngenta following his discovery that its herbicide Atrazine scrambles sex in frogs, writes F William Engdahl. Now he wants to know - is Atrazine the cause of the US's 2-fold reproductive cancer excess among Blacks and Hispanics?
Atrazine: Syngenta's herbicide doesn't just poison frogs - it could give you cancer F William Engdahl | 2nd June 2014 News Health Farming Toxics Corporations Regulation USA …
We are most certainly witnessing the onset of a rapid pulse of sea level rise, writes Harold R Wanless. And low lying areas - like southeast Florida - will be the first to know about it. So how come they're building there like there's no tomorrow?
Florida's collapse will set in within a 30-year mortgage cycle Harold R. Wanless | 3rd June 2014 Comment Oceans Climate Change Sea Level Antarctica USA Building fla-ike-cut.jpg We are most certainly …
The state of Florida has banned employees from using the terms 'global warming' or 'climate change'. But as George Marshall writes, it shouldn't have bothered. 'Climate change' sounds curiously reassuring and even 'global warming' has a comforting ring. How about 'climate chaos' or 'global heating'?
Lost for words? If 'climate change' and 'global warming' are banned ... George Marshall | 19th March 2015 Comment Climate Change USA miami-beach-cut.jpg The state of Florida has banned employees …
Thanks to herbicide use on GMO crops in the US and Canada, Monarch butterfly numbers have crashed - the milkweeds the larvae feed on now survive mainly in 'conservation reserve' land and roadsides - and there's a 5% chance the Monarch will be extinct within 100 years.
Heavy herbicide use on GMO crops raises Monarch butterfly extinction fear John Pleasants | 10th June 2014 News Ecology USA Mexico Canada Farming GMOs Natural World …
In California, water no longer runs to the sea - it runs towards money, writes Will Parrish. Most of the state's water is already controlled by agribusiness elites. Now, backed by politicians, they are planning to grab the little that's left, leaving nature and indigenous communities high and dry.
Stealing the Sacramento River - California agro-barons' last huge water grab Will Parrish | 17th June 2014 News Water USA Indigenous Peoples Farming Corporations sacramento-sunset-eric-leslie-cut.jpg …
A new GM bacterium can produce bioethanol from coarse switchgrass, rather than using food crops like maize, writes Tim Radford. It does this by 'digesting' the tough cellulose that yeasts are unable to break down.
GMO bug makes bioethanol direct from grass Tim Radford | 15th June 2014 News Biofuel Farming USA Science Food Climate Change switchgrass-65t-cut.jpg A new GM bacterium can produce bioethanol from …
Fukushima has largely disappeared from the mainstream news, writes Harvey Wasserman. After all, who wants to read about children with cancer, continuing huge radiation leaks, and the very real possibility of another catastrophe as big as Chernobyl?
… Fukushima - the continuing catastrophe Harvey … News Nuclear Energy Japan USA Health Media fukushima-iaea-cut.jpg Fukushima has largely disappeared from the …
The US's drive to become a top global oil and gas exporter by fracking has been blown wide open by a 96% write-down of California's Monterey Shale - meant to hold two thirds of the US's shale oil. How long before the whole enterprise is exposed as a monstrous Ponzi scheme?
… Obama administration are using the crisis in Ukraine to put pressure on their puppet allies … Ben Rhode said : "Frankly, the Ukraine crisis has brought into sharp relief …
The US's 'dash to frack' for oil or gas, which has transformed the country's energy market, is seriously depleting and contaminating aquifers and surface water supplies, writes Valerie Brown. The choice facing America is plain - energy, or water?
Fracking boom depletes, pollutes US water supplies Valerie Brown | 20th June 2013 News Water USA Fracking Pollution Waste fracking_site_in_warren_center_pa-cut.jpg The US's 'dash to frack' for oil or …
Nuclear power is neither beautiful, nor safe, nor cheap, writes Justin Keating - a message to the United States, where the Obama administration has pledged to waste over $200 million financing the 'Small Modular Reactor' (SMR).
… is no time to cut back on safety With the Fukushima disaster in its fourth year and no … than those offered for new nuclear in the UK according to the Hinkley Point C …
Lord Smith's views on fracking betray an total ignorance of a large body of published, peer reviewed science that contradicts his conclusions, writes David Lowry - not to mention those of his political masters. Is 'groupthink' leading the UK astray?
… Fracking Science Energy Fossil Fuels Politics UK USA challenger-take-off-cut.jpg Lord … masters. Is 'groupthink' leading the UK astray? In an interview in today's Times … from shale gas production and use in the UK and discusses the compatibility of shale …
Campaigners for the labeling of GMOs in food are winning their battle against corporate America, writes Ralph Nader. No wonder the corporations are fighting back with lawsuits and scare stories ... they're on the back foot, and they know it.
GMOs: the 'right to know' campaign is winning Ralph Nader | 30th June 2014 Activism USA GMOs Food Corporations Society Law gmo-right2know-cut.jpg Campaigners for the labeling of GMOs in food are …
Ample peer-reviewed science says that the number one threat to condor survival is lead poisoning from eating bullets and pellets in carcasses, reports Dawn Starin. But the powerful NRA is fighting hard against bans on lead ammunition.
Eat lead! Condor survival versus National Rifle Association Dawn Starin | 7th July 2014 News Natural World Birds Toxics Hunting USA Mexico condors-grand-canyon-derek-bruff-cut.jpg Ample peer-reviewed …
After a five year battle against fracking companies, the New York Court of Appeals has ruled that towns and cities can pass zoning laws that forbid fracking and other industrial land uses. The verdict will inspire other communities across the USA to enact similar measures.
New York communities triumph over fracking companies The Ecologist | 1st July 2014 News Fracking Development Law USA Fossil Fuels dryden-we-did-it-cut.jpg After a five year battle against fracking …
The World Bank is still deciding how to respond to Kosovo's request for funds to build a new 600MW power station burning filthy 'brown coal', writes Michael Brune. It's time for the World Bank, with strong US backing, to give the project a firm 'no way'!
US and World Bank must stop funding overseas coal Michael Brune | 2nd July 2014 Comment Fossil Fuels Coal Development USA Kosovo Finance Health Energy kosovob-cut.jpg The World Bank is still deciding …
Thirty-five distinguished scientists urge the US-EPA not to register new mixtures of the herbicides 2,4-D and glyphosate, intended for use on herbicide-tolerant GMO crops. Approval of the herbicide mixtures would endanger both human and environmental health.
… Ph.D. Adjunct Professor Dept. of Biology, Duke University Elizabeth Frost, M.D. Medical …
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has done pioneering conservation work to save North America's endangered Red Wolf, under threat from shooting and inter-breeding with coyotes. But now federal budget cuts are putting all that - and the Red wolf itself - at risk.
Red wolf extinction fear as US budget cuts bite Joseph Hinton | 7th July 2014 Comment USA Natural World Ecology Wolves red-wolf-cut.jpg The US Fish and Wildlife Service has done pioneering …
Detroit is shutting off water to 40% of residents to prepare the water system for a corporate buyout, writes Justin Wedes. Residents are organizing to resist the water shuttoffs, anti-democratic rule and the demands of Wall Street - but they need our help!
… If the disaster of Detroit had happened in Ukraine, or Israel, or Afghanistan, or Egypt, …
The National Rifle Association has demanded that The Ecologist retract important elements of a story we ran about the threat to condors from ingesting spent lead ammunition, and the NRA's opposition to a lead ban. We publish our response.
Hunting for Truth - we respond to the NRA's retraction demand The Ecologist | 11th July 2014 Comment Toxics USA Law Hunting Birds wildfowl-hunting-ca-diane-cut.jpg The National Rifle Association has …
The EU-US TTIP trade agreement would 'protect investors' by giving them the right to sue national government for changes in the law that reduce their returns, writes Cécile Toubeau - putting an end to progress on environment and human development.
TTIP: Europe and America do not need business vs. state dispute rules Cécile Toubeau | 14th July 2014 Comment Trade EU USA Corporations Law Regulation ttip-flashmob-dortmund-cut.jpg The EU-US TTIP …
The recent closure of five US power stations is forcing the industry to confront big questions about radioactive waste, writes Paul Brown. Who is to pay the mounting costs of managing the wastes and keeping them secure? And precisely where will be their final resting place?
… go away Paul Brown | 20th July 2014 News USA UK EU Nuclear Energy Waste san-onofre-cut.jpg … problems But America is not alone. The UK has already closed a dozen reactors. Most … still dealing with the aftermath of the Fukushima accident in 2011, is composed of …
California and Texas continue to break new ground in making electricity generation from renewable sources, writes Mike G. Solar PV in particular has become a vital part of the US' energy mix, accounting for half of new generation capacity.
California and Texas are mainstreaming renewable energy Mike G DeSmogBlog | 20th July 2014 News Energy Renewables USA Solar Wind austin-tx-solar-sunflowers-cut.jpg California and Texas continue to …
US beef carries a heavy environmental cost in water, land, emissions. But few of us know quite how damaging beef is, writes Gidon Eshel, nor that it is more than five times worse than pork, poultry, eggs or cheese. Isn't it time we did something about it?
The true cost of your beefburger is much worse than you know Gidon Eshel | 22nd July 2014 Comment Food Farming USA Climate Change Water beef-feedlot-cut.jpg US beef carries a heavy environmental cost …
The EU's Fuel Quality Directive is set to be the first casualty of the TTIP trade talks, writes Derek Leahy. Canada and the US have threatened to pull out unless the EU ignores the massive emissions of oil from tar sands - and the EU is collapsing under the pressure.
Ignore tar sands emissions! EU buckles under US, Canada pressure in TTIP talks Derek Leahy | 23rd July 2014 News Oil Canada USA Fossil Fuels EU Climate Change Trade alberta-refinery-cut.jpg The EU's …