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We Don’t Know Enough About Nanomaterials To Be Adding Them So Freely To Our Food
Nanoparticles can be used to deliver vaccines, treat tumours, clean up oil spills, preserve food, protect skin from sun and kill bacteria. They’re so useful for purifying, thickening, colouring and keeping food fresh that they’re added to more products every year, with the nanofoods market projected to reach US$20.4 billion by… Read More
The Bureau of Coal Leasing & Exports
The U.S may be home to the largest recoverable coal reserves in the world, but if the federal government follows through with plans to extract them at home and send them overseas, it will undermine President Obama’s Climate Action Plan and ensure catastrophic climate disruption. To illustrate, the Bureau… Read More
New Study Suggests Airline Ticket Prices Need to Increase for Climate Policies To Work
As long as demand for air travel keeps increasing at projected rates, there’s really not much the airline industry can do to reduce its carbon emissions, according to new researchpublished by the University of Southampton. New Study Suggests Airline Ticket Prices Need to Increase for Climate Policies To Work… Read More
Passive investing or active destruction: How robo-investing mows down forests for fun and profit
It’s a dynamic moment in the world of palm oil. Where, just a few years ago, not more than a handful of consumer companies showed concern over the overwhelming environmental and social costs of palm oil plantations, in the last two years alone over twenty companies, including Unilever, Cargill,… Read More
Should Cruise Ships Be Taking Tourists to the Fragile Arctic?
Buying carbon offsets won’t stop global warming, but if you’re traveling, it’s your best individual option for reducing your carbon footprintWhen you’re preparing for a flight, you’ve got a lot on your mind, from what time to arrive at the airport to what to pack. But between comparing ticket prices… Read More
Greens to sue EPA over aircraft emissions
A coalition of environmental groups said Tuesday that it would file a federal lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its failure to take action to curb carbon dioxide emissions from aircraft. Greens to sue EPA over aircraft emissions -The Hill 8/5/14… Read More
Greens say new developments should sink Keystone
New developments since the State Department’s environmental review of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline show that it should not be approved, 12 environmental groups said. Greens say new developments should sink Keystone -The Hill 7/31/14… Read More
10 Things to Know Before Going on a Cruise
It’s the height of the vacation season and over 20 million of us will go on a cruise this year, according to the American Association of Port Authorities. If you’re thinking about going, this handy tip sheet from Friends of the Earth might help you put your trip in context. Read More
Will the Kochs #GiveItBack?
Earlier this month, billionaire siblings Charles and David Koch made it publicly clear that they hate subsidies of all kinds — even the ones they benefit from as oil producers. Although it is refreshing to hear that even oilmen are now against oil subsidies, it would be even more refreshing… Read More
Making sense of DOEs insensible proposals to change LNG export decision-making procedures
July 21, 2014, marked the close of the Department of Energy’s comment period for its proposed changes to liquefied natural gas export decision-making procedures. Along with the Sierra Club and the Americans Against Fracking coalition, Friends of the Earth submitted public comments requesting that DOE correct flaws in the… Read More