Wednesday, April 24, 2024

‘Hands Off My Birth Control’: Activists Demand US Supreme Court Protect Women’s Health

'Denying any woman the healthcare she needs and is guaranteed by law is discrimination, plain and simple'

EU Countries Launch Shock Rebellion against Glyphosate Herbicides

Public pressure against glyphosate in countries across Europe has been intense, with nearly 1.5 million people petitioning the EU’s health commissioner for a ban on the substance.

Stop Polluting, or There Will Be More Plastic Than Fish in the Ocean by...

A new report finds that the volume of plastic trash is increasing and will outweigh all the fish in the world within 35 years.

What the Koch Brothers Have to Do With the Flint Water Crisis

The water crisis in Flint is the tragic result of the wrong people in power.

Activist Vows to Keep Building Tiny Houses for L.A.’s Homeless

Citing safety concerns, officials keep yanking Elvis Summers’ miniature homes off city streets.

NBA Superstar Ray Allen to Open Organic Fast-Food Restaurant

Ray Allen and his wife, Shannon Allen, are launching an organic fast-food restaurant in Miami called Grown.

The Egg Industry, Scrambling

The egg industry has fought the legislative mandates, arguing that banning cages will cost producers and consumers more, without improving animal welfare.

General Mills Announces GMO Labeling for US Products

General Mills, the Minneapolis-based food giant, has announced Friday that consumers all over the U.S. will soon begin seeing GMO labeling legislated by the state of Vermont on many General Mills products.

How America’s Embrace of GMOs and Pesticides Could Trigger “Downfall” of EU Farmers

TTIP trade agreement will be boon to Big Ag, study finds.

Monsanto Cuts 16% of Work Force as Sales in Roundup Herbicide Fall 34%

Monsanto has been struggling for investor confidence following the announcement in March 2015 that the World Health Organisation’s cancer agency had declared the world’s most widely used weedkiller – glyphosate – a “probable human carcinogen”.