All posts categorized with Environment

(Natural News) A recently released “state of the science” review by the Pesticide Action Network International (PAN) contains a wealth of research that documents the adverse environmental and human health impacts of glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides.  The review’s findings emphasize the need for these compounds to be permanently phased out. Health and environmental advocates say the monopoly […]

(Natural News) In July, The Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit for the 1,100-mile Dakota Access Pipeline. This filled many major banks executives with joy, getting the green light for the construction of the pipeline to begin — but not so fast. The communities in the path of the pipeline, particularly local tribes, are […]

(Natural News) More and more information from the now infamous Podesta email leaks continues to leave a trail of unearthed deceit tied to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. At the time of this writing, the total amount was just shy of 19,000 emails. Wikileaks claims that there are a total of 50,000 emails, the remaining 30,000 […]

(Natural News) Niigata City is the capital of the Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It is located on the island’s west coast adjacent to the Sea of Japan. Depending on the route taken, Niigata is a mere three to four hour drive across the island to the east coast town of Namie and other cities that remain desolate, abandoned and set apart inside a nuclear exclusion zone, the […]

(Natural News) In Flint Michigan, the tap water residents have been regularly consuming was found to be contaminated with lead. If lead poisoning wasn’t enough of a problem for the area, they now find themselves being taken by corporate greed. Lead poisoned water isn’t specific to Flint however, there is a problem nationwide and the […]

(Natural News) Fracking, also known as hydraulic fracturing, is a technique designed to recover gas and oil from shale rock. The process requires drilling down into the earth then using a high-pressure mixture of water, sand and chemicals that are injected into the rock at high pressure. This allows the gas to flow up to the […]

(Natural News) Now that the Paris climate change accords have been agreed to by the world’s two biggest carbon dioxide emitters – the United States and China – many environmentalists and climatologists are hopeful that the earth won’t warm, on average, more than 2-3 degrees F by the 22nd century. But there may not be […]

(Natural News) Millions of women use brand name deodorants straight from a drug store or grocery store shelf without giving any thought to the toxic chemicals lurking within. To make matters worse, they are unwittingly applying these deodorant sticks and sprays to cleanly shaven underarms that lie adjacent to another important part of the body’s immune system – the auxiliary lymph nodes. After shaving, the open pores in the underarm, and those […]

(Natural News) The so-called “tiny house” movement is booming as a growing number of Americans seek a more sustainable lifestyle. One grandmother with vision has a solution of her own: tiny hemp houses. As reported by Natural Blaze, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency considers hemp to be dangerous, which is why it continues to classify […]

(Natural News) The time when energy – all energy – is free, clean and readily accessible is getting closer, especially with the development of a new solar fabric that can be used to power just about anything. As noted by the Underground Reporter, the new fabric can be used for solar and kinetic power generation, […]