June 2012
Hungary Destroys All Monsanto GMO Corn Fields →
Hungary has taken a bold stand against biotech giant Monsanto and genetic modification by destroying 1000 acres of maize found to have been grown with genetically modified seeds, according to Hungary deputy state secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development Lajos Bognar. Unlike many European Union countries, Hungary is a nation where genetically modified (GM) seeds are banned. In a similar...
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Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Trailer
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Brazilian beef giant on defensive on its Amazon...
The sharp contrast between forest and pasture in Mato Grosso. Photo by Rhett Butler. JBS, the world’s largest meat and leather company, is on the defensive after Greenpeace accused it of failing to abide by a 2009 agreement to implement safeguards that would exclude cattle produced on recently deforested lands in the Amazon. On Wednesday Greenpeace released what it termeda...
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Rio+20 Earth summit: leaked draft reveals conflict...
UN’s vision for one deal to save the Earth is in peril as countries bicker over phrasing of clauses and key terms in the draft text • Read the UN draft text here John Vidal guardian.co.uk, Friday 8 June 2012 17.53 BST Rio+20 Earth summit is just days away and yet there is no consensus over the definition of sustainable development goals. Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images ...
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A BEAUTIFUL LIE: A Greener Future: Enhance... →
ablorg: Imagine a world where your eight-year-old brother, sister, daughter, or son is able to explain exactly how they are going to save an endangered species or eliminate their carbon footprint. This is something powerful — arguably more powerful than how quickly they can fill out a…
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Peace Paddle: Laird Hamilton, Kelly Meyer Lead a...
Click for a larger view. When it comes to protecting our oceans, actions speak louder than words. That’s why hundreds of people joined together at NRDC’s Malibu Peace Paddle to raise awareness about the critical problems facing the ocean: once-vibrant coral reefs withering away because of carbon pollution and other threats, plastic trash choking sea animals, and entire ecosystems...
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World's urban waste mountain a 'silent problem...
World Bank report urges city authorities to reduce, reuse, recycle or recover energy from growing volume of urban waste Mark Tran guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 6 June 2012 16.31 BST A fisherman near a rubbish dump on the Sidon seafront in south Lebanon. Photograph: Ali Hashisho/Reuters The amount of rubbish generated by city dwellers is set to rise steeply in the next two decades, with...
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On Safe Drinking Water, Skepticism Over UN Claims
With great fanfare, the United Nations announced in March that the world had reduced by half the proportion of people drinking unsafe water, meeting a critical development goal five years ahead of schedule. But a closer look reveals that the facts simply do not support this claim. by fred pearce It was rare good news. On March 6, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared that the...
Jun 8th
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Predicting the Oceans of the Future With a...
ScienceDaily (June 7, 2012) — Stanford researchers have helped open a new door of possibility in the high-stakes effort to save the world’s coral reefs. A researcher conducts ocean acidification experiments off Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. (Credit: David I. Kline) Working with an international team, the scientists — including Stanford Woods Institute for the...
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If the Sea Was a Child: In Honor of World Oceans...
In honor of World Oceans Day, June 8, 2012. If the sea was a child, then would you be outraged? Will it take the personification of the sea as a child to make society change its ways? What would you do to save the sea, if the sea was a child? What would you say to those who turn and look away, because if you look away from the sea, what will you see? What would be left of us without the sea? ...
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June 8th is World Oceans Day →
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Oceana Says Saving the Oceans Can Help Feed the...
New Oceana report outlines how protecting the oceans can feed 700 million people a day By Oceana Published: Thursday, Jun. 7, 2012 - 4:10 am Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/07/4544995/oceana-says-saving-the-oceans.html#storylink=cpy WASHINGTON, June 7, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Today, surrounding the 20th anniversary of World Oceans Day, Oceana unveiled a reportoutlining...
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