Global Warming: CO2 Increasing 3 Times Faster Than IPCC Predictions
The National Academy of Sciences has released a new study showing that global warming is occurring at a rate which is three times faster than was predicted in the most drastic models. Added to the...
View ArticleCorporate Organic and the Beast That Devoured Itself
In an extraordinarily rare move, an industrial-scale dairy has been stripped of its organic certification due to serious violations of organic standards. Organic, Inc. author Samuel Fromartz broke the...
View ArticleDecertified Rogue "Organic" Dairy: Tanned, Rested and Ready
In Corporate Organic and the Beast That Devoured Itself, I had detailed the story of last month's organic decertification of Case Vander Eyk, an industrial-scale dairy producer of both organics and...
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James Bond JetPack Rating System for Green Technology - The Debut!
I've always been a fan of James Bond. Not so much James Bond in practice, but in concept. I have a deep interest in green technology along with a tremendous disappointment that the 21st century is...
View ArticleSoldier Pays Hit Man Rather Than Face Redeployment to Iraq
Ten months ago on his first day of combat in Iraq, 20-year-old American soldier Jonathan Aponte was in his unit's chow hall where he watched a sergeant pick up her gun. She locked, loaded, put the gun...
View ArticleReport: Climate Change Killing 300,000 People Per Year - Updated
Terms like crisis, devastation, etc., have become frequent fliers in the lexicon of climate change discussion to such a degree that the short attention span theater within the cultural landscape of our...
View ArticleMarine Recruiter Drove Autistic Man from Group Home to Enlist
An introductory note. My intent in this diary is to be as free from written opinion as possible since this story not only infers many layers on its face, but contains enough blame to go around with or...
View ArticleHealthcare Reform: Autism Reduces Household Income $6K Annually
A 2006 study from the Harvard School of Public Health estimated the cumulative lifetime cost of caring for a person with autism to be $3.2 million, and $35 billion for the annual cost of care for all...
View ArticlePesticide Dump Ignored for Decades, Cancers and Immune Diseases Reported by...
Dolan Miller used to live in the remote Antelope Valley region of Nevada's Lander County. Of course, all of Lander County is remote as a 2002 population estimate pegged it at 5,691. With a land area of...
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The Biology of Global Warming (DK GreenRoots)
Tonight we are fortunate to have this article written by guest host Craig Mackintosh from the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia, posted in full with his permission.Often, as I’ve travelled...
View ArticleNo Health Insurance? No Autism!
I'd like to share a couple of recent items I find interesting in the realm of autism. On the surface the stories appear to have little in common aside from their autism connection. However, when viewed...
View ArticleMonsanto Submitted "Fake Scientific Data" Says Former Exec
Monsanto's former managing directior of India operations is talking, and it's not pretty for the behemoth of genetic modification. Tiruvadi Jagadisan is accusing his former employer of faking...
View ArticleFederal Court May Halt Genetically Modified Sugar Beets Today
Currently, about half of the America's sugar supply comes from genetically modified sugar beets, which have been engineered to be resitant to Monsanto's Roundup herbicide. In a hearing scheduled to...
View ArticleAlex Chilton, 1950-2010
Alex Chilton has died at the age of 59. His was an enormous influence in the sub-genre which came to be known as power pop. He had commercial and underground success in a career that covered four and a...
View ArticleFederal Judge Rules on Monsanto GM Sugar as Supreme Court Looms in Background
Two weeks ago, I wrote about a federal hearing which could have ordered a nationwide halt to the planting and use of genetically modified sugar beets.Currently, about half of the America's sugar supply...
View ArticleIsland Disappears in Bay of Bengal Due to Global Warming
In 1974, an American satellite introduced the world to a previously undiscovered island, located in the Bay of Bengal. The island became the subject of an ownership dispute, so it was known by more...
View ArticleMajor Update - Our Autistic Son was Handcuffed and Arrested in School, We...
Note: Please sign this petition to help my son, and to halt the abuse of special education students in the school district referenced in this diary.In December, 2012, a teenager went to his public...
View Article2nd Update: Our Autistic Son's Arrest in the Press, YOU got the District's...
An abuser relies on the secrecy of their behavior for empowerment. Once their abusive behavior is exposed, their ability to continue abusing is threatened.Last week, I posted a diary, Our Autistic Son...
View ArticleOur Autistic Son's Arrest: Here's How the Orange Army Can Help
1) Sign and share the petition. It is having a tremendous effect here, let's keep the pressure on.2) There are couple of new articles out so far today in area newspapers, please head over to them and...
View ArticleUpdate - Petition Tops 1500! Our Autistic Son's Arrest: DKos in the News
Driving, some years ago and in another state, my son is in the back seat. Radio is on, tuned to a news station, sports report in-progress.Announcer: "The Penguins beat the Devils..."My son cannot...
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