Despite strong resident protests, the US Environmental Protection Agency and Florida agencies have approved controversial release of millions of genetically-modified or “gene edited” killer mosquitoes into the Florida Keyes…
Public Interest Groups Set to Sue U.S. EPA Over Approval for Release of GMO Mosquitoes…
Last Friday, environmental and other public interest organizations filed a formal pre-litigation notice with the Trump Administration stating their intention to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its approval of the release of over a billion genetically engineered (GE) mosquitoes in Florida and Texas. The open air experiment would be the first ever in […]
U.S. Appeals Court Bans Dicamba in Massive Shock for Bayer…
“Today’s decision is a massive win for farmers and the environment,” said George Kimbrell of the Center for Food Safety, lead counsel in the case. “It is good to be reminded that corporations like Monsanto and the Trump Administration cannot escape the rule of law, particularly at a time of crisis like this. Their day […]
FLASHBACK: Obama’s U.S. EPA Approves Toxic Dicamba Herbicide for Use on GMO Crops
Trump Administration Lowers Fuel Efficiency Standards…
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced new vehicle fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions standards that lower the bar set by 2012 Obama-era regulations. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s new regulation calls for automakers to deliver a 1.5 percent improvement per year in corporate average fuel economy […]
For Years, Top U.S. Toxicologist Was Barred from Saying PFAS Cause Disease in Humans. She’s Saying it Now…
The widespread environmental contaminants known as PFAS cause multiple health problems in people, according to Linda Birnbaum, who retired as director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program earlier this month. The statement may come as little surprise to those following the medical literature on the industrial chemicals that […]
Administration Finalizes Repeal of 2015 Water Rule Trump Called ‘Destructive and Horrible’…
For years, the fight over how much power the federal government should have to regulate the wetlands and tributaries that feed into the nation’s largest rivers has played out across the country. In the halls of Washington and on sprawling farms and ranches, in courtrooms and corporate boardrooms, a legal tug of war has unfolded […]
Trump Says Farmers Will Be ‘So Happy’ with New Plan to Boost Ethanol…
President Trump said Thursday he’s preparing to announce a “giant package” to boost demand for ethanol, responding to rising concerns in rural America about the administration’s exemptions for refineries from blending biofuels. “The Farmers are going to be so happy when they see what we are doing for Ethanol, not even including the E-15, year […]
Big Gov Publishes New Cooling Standards: Thermostat Should Be Set to 82 Degrees When Sleeping…
Fresh from the same Dept. of Energy and EPA that gave us: toilets that don’t flush; light bulbs that don’t light; dishwashers that don’t wash; plant-based fuel that burns like carrots; and paper straws that dissolve in liquid…. Now we get this – […] Energy Star, the federal program from the DOE and the Environmental […]
RoundUp Trial: Expert Flunks EPA Handling of Roundup Approval…
At the start of testimony in what looks to be a long and contentious trial over whether Roundup caused the cancer of an elderly couple, a cancer-risk expert said he would give the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency an “F” on its report deeming glyphosate, one of the main agrochemicals in Roundup, noncarcinogenic. “I’d fail them,” […]
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