Licking Creek Bend Farm Embraces ‘Stump Culture’ to Grow Sustainable Trees, Fight Climate Change With another Christmas season upon us, we have an opportunity to enjoy–and be mindful–of the holiday traditions that we hold near and dear. With Christmas tunes playing, cookies baking, and cocoa…
By Jon Rappoport “To handle all that [pig-farm feces] waste, farmers in North Carolina use a standard practice called the lagoon and spray field system. They flush feces and urine from barns into open-air pits called lagoons, which turn the color of Pepto-Bismol when pink-colored…
By Jessica Corbett, staff writer “Remember,” says the Sierra Club, “if you see anything from ‘Your Energy,’ it’s just a PR campaign funded by the oil and gas industry.” A PowerPoint presentation by the fossil fuel industry front group Your Energy—obtained and published [last] Tuesday by the Huffington Post—revealed…
By Catherine J. Frompovich We all know, and medicine confirms, weather can affect how one feels and how the body reacts. However, there’s a new weather pattern with probable non-acknowledged biometerological effects people are experiencing, but still not connecting the dots. One such example appeared…
By Wes Annac, Editor, Openhearted Rebel There are a lot of things happening on our planet you wouldn’t really think are funny, but that doesn’t mean we can’t laugh about them. Laughter helps us cope with the chaos, and being willing to joke about sensitive issues can…
By Catherine J. Frompovich Air is one of the PRIMARY elements of life; without it for about three minutes, we cannot survive. If air is such an important biological and functional life component, why are weather geoengineers messing around with it? They’re not, according to…
By Patricia Burke Many organizations including leading non-profit environmental and health advocacy groups promoting reduced reliance on fossil fuels have continued to endorse wireless smart utility meters. Despite documented reports of harm and human rights abuses, as well as evidence of environmental damage, various groups…
By Jason Erickson The challenge of dodging pesticides in modern food is well established, but not many people have considered another hidden danger that led to tragedy for one vacationing Delaware family. The Esmond family – husband, wife, and two sons – were staying at…
By Catherine J. Frompovich What’s Aerotoxic syndrome, and have you experienced it while a passenger in a modern jet airliner? Many flight crews, regardless of the airline, experience serious debilitating health problems from toxic air in the cockpit and cabin. Passengers, too! Coincidentally, I know…
The news is often depressing, the environment is under attack and it can easily seem overwhelming to try and make the slightest difference in the world. Despite this, you still try. We all do. No matter how bad things get, we persevere in trying to…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Tyson Foods – the largest U.S. chicken producer – has pleaded guilty in a chemical incident that led to the deaths of over 100,000 fish. The Arkansas-based poultry giant has claimed “full responsibility” for accidentally releasing an acidic chemical used in chicken feed…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Big news! Research led the environment secretary to overturn the government’s previous opposition, meaning a total EU ban is highly probable. Environment secretary, Michael Grove, revealed last week that the UK will back a complete ban bee-harming pesticides (exempting greenhouses) across Europe. The…
By John Vibes Hydraulic fracturing is a natural gas extraction method that has become extremely controversial for its environmental impacts. Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at the rock to release the gas inside. Water,…
By John Vibes For years there has been an ongoing debate about the levels of lead that have been found in the drinking water in Flint, Michigan, but recent studies have shown that water conditions are just as bad in many other areas throughout the…
By Brandon Turbeville, Natural Blaze Despite all the scandals and hysteria, it appears that humans are indeed causing climate change. However, it is not because of lawnmowers, driving, or having the audacity to keep their houses at a comfortable temperature; nor does it have anything to do…
By John Vibes The Department of Natural Resources sold large portions of Indiana’s Yellowwood State Park to a logging company this week, despite the fact that people interested in conserving the forest offered considerably more money. On Thursday, an auction of the forest was won…
By Mac Slavo Lab-grown mosquitoes armed with bacterium Wolbachia pipientis have just been approved by the EPA. The agency is saying that these mosquitoes could be the key to killing off insects that often transmit dangerous viruses such as Zika. Nothing can go wrong, right? The…
By Amanda Just and John Kall, DMD of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology (IAOMT) Why We All Don’t Get Sick in the Same Way If everyone had the same reaction to environmental toxicants, these hazardous substances would probably be banned immediately. It would…
By Lizzy Lowe, Macquarie University; Cameron Webb, University of Sydney, and Kate Umbers, Western Sydney University The weather is getting warmer, and gardens are coming alive with bees, flies, butterflies, dragonflies, praying mantises, beetles, millipedes, centipedes, and spiders. For some of us it is exciting…
By Anna Hunt Imagine being able to turn your food waste into clean cooking gas and nutrient-rich fertilizer, while at the same time reducing potent greenhouse gases. This was the exact vision of Israeli-based HomeBiogas, which resulted in the creation of an affordable consumer appliance…
