Russia Bans all Imports of US Soybeans and Corn over Microbial and GMO Contamination
According to the regulator, the corn imported from the US is often infected with dry rot of maize.
Activists Deliver Plan for Just Transition to EPA Offices Nationwide
Activists issued their own corrective on the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan at each of the EPA’s 10 regional offices yesterday.
World’s First Solar Airport No Longer Pays Electricity Bills
In another green initiative, the airport is making a foray into organic farming. Cochin is setting up the farm on same plot of land where the solar plant sits.
A US Media Lost in Propaganda
Vulgar, crude, racist and ultra-sexist though he is, Donald Trump can still see how awful the American mainstream media is.
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.
Oregon Passes Historic Bill to Phase Out Coal and Double Down on Renewables
Commitments like Oregon’s are essential to the global effort to contain and reduce carbon dioxide emissions to levels that can protect the Earth for future generations.
Solidarity Pours in for Birmingham Teachers Striking to Defend Victimised Union Rep
One teacher joined the NUT the day before the strike so they could join the action. Another filled out their NUT membership form on the picket line.
A Toxic Threat Is Killing Off Europe’s Killer Whales and Dolphins
Researchers find high exposure to PCBs could drive some marine mammal to extinction.
Fight For $15 Update: When Truman Doubled Minimum Wage
Economists and analysts tell Bloomberg News that wage increases in service and retail sectors are helping retailers by putting “more money in the pockets of some of their biggest customers: their own employees.”
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.