Bernie Sanders: The Only US Presidential Candidate Supporting GMO Labeling
Bernie Sanders is the only U.S. Presidential candidate who has come out strongly in support of GMO labeling. For this reason Sustainable Pulse has collected a few of his quotes.
Ban on Life Without Parole Sentences for Kids Expanded by Supreme Court
The ruling will give thousands of people a chance at parole.
Maryland Passes a Bill to Save Its Bees
Maryland is poised to become the first state to ban a popular pesticide for consumer use.
Meet the 20-Year-Old Fighting to End Food Waste While Taking Finals
College sophomore Maria Rose Belding is helping connect more than 200 large-scale food banks nationwide through her online database.
Dead Bees Tell a Tale of Dozens of Pesticides
Fifty-seven agricultural chemicals are found in victims of mysterious colony collapse disorder.
EPA Releases Study on Pesticides Killing Bees, Gets Sued Immediately by Beekeepers
“A single seed coated with a neonicotinoid insecticide is enough to kill a songbird.”
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.
Starbucks Brews Up Food Donation Plan to Stop Hunger in America
Leftover panini and sandwiches at the chain’s stores will be taken to local food banks and pantries.
EU Glyphosate Rebellion Gathers Strength as Health Commissioner Shocks Pesticide Industry
This move by France and their EU partners will hit the biotech giant Monsanto and other large pesticide companies which rely on glyphosate-based herbicides for a large percentage of their global profits.
German Beer Industry in Shock over Glyphosate Contamination
The German Brewers’ Association admitted that low residues of the probable human carcinogen glyphosate could not be prevented, because “the herbicide is now found virtually everywhere after decades of use in agriculture”.