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New Toxic Pesticides to Replace Older Ozone Depleting Pesticides

June 8th, 2010 · No Comments

Though it isn’t looking good, if the California proposal is rejected, it could have a large impact, possibly moving up the next scheduled federal review of Methyl Iodide, now slated for 2013. It could even help lead to a federal ban.

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Could Oyster Mushrooms Help Clean the Gulf?

June 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment

This might sound crazy too, but maybe mushrooms would be a better deal than these chemical dispersants. That’s right, mushrooms

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Food News Feed: May 28, 2010

May 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Troubled Water BP’s massive oil spill has prompted US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to declare a fishery disaster  in the Gulf of Mexico.
Organic for the Birds? Word on the street is that birds prefer “conventional” seed, but hamsters like organic food and pesticides are linked to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in small [...]

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Greening Up Your Act

May 26th, 2010 · No Comments

The Planet Connections Theater Festivity, running June 3-29, 2010 in three downtown locations, is challenging theater companies to green up their act.

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Chicken Farmers Describe a System of Extortion and Economic Slavery

May 21st, 2010 · 4 Comments

At the May 21st hearing, attorney General Eric Holder was urged to enforce federal antitrust laws on behalf of contract poultry growers who raise flocks like this one. While these growers raise most of the nation’s chicken, they have don’t own the birds and have virtually no job security.
Today, poultry growers from throughout the [...]

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