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10/25/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Industrial agriculture terrorizes Borneo: Palm oil plantations are responsible for deforestation, fires, habitat loss, air pollution

Palm oil plantations may have brought revenue into the country, but they’ve caused a multitude of problems of well. From fire-induced deforestation to shrunken orangutan populations, the environmental impact of palm oil plantations is nothing short of overwhelming. Yet a small team of researchers from the Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystems (SAFE) project has revealed […]

08/20/2017 / By Mike Adams

MASS EXTINCTION event now under way that will decimate the global human population, scientists claim

A hotly-debated study led by Professor Gerardo Ceballos at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico warns that the human population explosion is leading to the widespread contamination and destruction of the planet, ultimately collapsing life support systems upon which human civilization depends. As reported by The Times of Israel: Human overpopulation and over-consumption are leading […]

08/20/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

California’s hemp farms producing massive tonnage of toxic chemical runoff, polluting thousands of acres of land

Illegal marijuana farms in California have left acres of land so contaminated with toxic chemicals and fertilizers that a quarter-teaspoon could kill a bear. Already five law enforcement officers have been sent to the hospital for severe skin rashes and respiratory problems. This, after just touching a polluted area. Government officials say that the situation […]

08/02/2017 / By JD Heyes

EPA’s Gold King Mine investigation remains SECRET two years after agency blamed for environmental disaster

There is so much difference already between the Trump and Obama administrations, especially concerning transparency, but there remain some problems with federal agencies that the current occupant of the White House obviously has not yet had the time to rectify. I’m happy with President Donald J. Trump’s nomination of Scott Pruitt to head up the […]

07/21/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Chemical pesticides, industrial pollution and ecological destruction causing sixth mass extinction on planet Earth

A peer-reviewed analysis published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences classified this age as one of “biological annihilation” — one that has prompted the planet’s sixth mass extinction event. Scientists behind the study threaten that should no policies be made to address this issue now, we may soon be facing catastrophic biodiversity changes. […]

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