Environment

New Jersey’s Passaic River may receive $1.7 billion cleanup

August 1, 2014 By Blake Skylar

The operation would seek to undo decades' worth of toxicity, mostly caused by nearly a century of industrial activity, including illegal dumping.

Activists, unionists protest oil-by-rail

July 29, 2014 By Blake Skylar

The protest was about the risks posed to workers and people in general: Tthe Lac-Megantic oil train tragedy that killed 47 people was still fresh in the minds of many.

Global agricultural model in bitter balance

July 29, 2014 By Licia Meysenq

"It may cost Governments slightly more to source from a range of smaller-scale, sustainable operators than from major suppliers, but the investment is worth it."

$Germany to ban fracking, or so it says$

Germany to ban fracking, or so it says

July 18, 2014 By Blake Skylar

"Fracking must be banned in Germany without any exceptions. They want to enforce a regulation which mostly allows fracking under the guise of an alleged ban."

Birds feeling the sting of bee-killing pesticides

July 15, 2014 By Blake Skylar

There's a lot of buzz around a recent study showing the toxic chemicals we use have a ripple effect farther up the food chain, causing birds to rapidly decline in number.