Study reveals GMO corn to be highly toxic
The study, the 2012 Corn Comparison Report by Profit Pro, was published recently on the website for Moms Across America March to Label GMOs, a group that says they wish to “raise awareness and support Moms with solutions to eat GMO Free as we demand GMO labeling locally and nationally simultaneously.” They are plotting nationwide […]
Corn Lobby’s GMO Labeling Study “Preposterous”
Labeling food that contains genetically engineered, or “GMO,” ingredients will not cost the preposterous $81.9 billion that the corn industry claims. The new study – paid for by the Corn Refiners Association – greatly exaggerates the cost of labeling products that contain GMOs. It claims that a GMO labeling law set to go into effect […]
Bioplastics Daily News – New funding from German government for CO2- based plastics
Materials manufacturer Covestro is working within the scope “Production Dreams” project, with RWTH Aachen University and the Technical University of Berlin, both in Germany, on a further process that will enable the greenhouse gas to be used as well in the environmentally friendly manufacture of elastomers on an industrial scale. Elastomers are plastics that hold their shape […]
A Zero Emissions Manifesto for the Climate Justice Movement
“Zero emissions is an ambitious but achievable goal.” –UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Zero has become the most important number for humanity. Why? Any chance of stabilizing the climate hinges on transitioning to zero greenhouse gas emissions as quickly as humanly possible. Simply slowing the rise of emissions will not work. For the first time, the […]
The mercury doesn’t lie: We’ve hit a troubling climate change milestone
Thursday, while the nation debated the relative size of Republican genitalia, something truly awful happened. Across the northern hemisphere, the temperature, if only for a few hours, apparently crossed a line: it was more than two degrees Celsius above “normal” for the first time in recorded history and likely for the first time in the […]
Whole Foods Market announce large scale commercial solar project
Whole Foods Market in conjunction with NRG Energy plans to install rooftop solar at up to 84 Whole Foods stores and distribution centers across 9 states to generate renewable energy onsite. When completed and determined by final negotiations and analysis, the portfolio of solar projects has the potential to generate up to 13.8 megawatts (MW) […]
These Solar Farms Help—Not Harm—Birds and Bees
Conservationists and a U.K. company are working to restore and create wildlife habitat at photovoltaic power plants. In the United Kingdom, threatened animals need all of the habitat they can get—even if it’s under solar panels. That’s the idea behind a joint project by conservation group Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and alternative […]