Tag: food system
EWG sues EPA for inaction on glyphosate petition; violates federal law,...
In the suit, EWG requests a reduction in the glyphosate tolerance level for oats from 30 ppm to 0.1 ppm and a ban on its use as a pre-harvest desiccant.
Clean Fifteen’ 2026: The least contaminated fruits and vegetables
For these items, nearly 60 percent of samples had no detectable pesticide residues, making them safer options to buy non-organic.
Chemical giant to discontinue production of herbicide with active ingredient in...
Because it contains a mix of an active ingredient in Agent Orange and glyphosate, Enlist Duo is said to be one of the most dangerous herbicides still used on food crops.
The next frontier of climate accountability: Making Big Food pay its...
The “polluter pays” principle transformed the energy industry half a century ago. Now, as industrial agriculture drives climate breakdown, deforestation, and water scarcity, experts say it’s time to apply the same rule to our food systems—and make corporations, not consumers, bear the cost of the damage.
Grocery chains are passing Trump tariff costs on to US consumers...
The price of food has increased by 3 percent in the past year, with meats, poultry, fish, and eggs getting 5.6 percent more expensive from June 2024 to June 2025.
How city-owned grocery stores can tackle food insecurity
As private grocers abandon low-income neighborhoods, Zohran Mamdani’s public ownership proposal offers a solution to market failures.
Conservation innovations: How sustained resistance is saving one of the Earth’s...
As profit-driven exploitation imperils Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, some unique conservation strategies are working to save it.
Exposure to synthetic chemicals in food poses health impacts, new study...
Their conclusion: a need to transition to a safer, more sustainable food system.
Food giants’ climate plans lack credibility, new report finds
The annual report, which analyzed the climate strategies of five of the world’s top 10 food and agriculture corporations, is the latest in a slew of reports that show how the largest food companies are failing to tackle their environmental impacts.
FDA unveils online database of chemical substances in food as part...
The Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool provides contaminant levels in an initiative to modernize food chemical safety.
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NYC releases 170,000 pages of 9/11 air quality records held back for 25 years
The documents settle two lawsuits from survivors and responders who spent decades seeking them.
Houthi seizure of Yemeni port pushes US diesel past $6 a gallon for first...
Saudi oil output has fallen to its lowest level since 1990 as the Iran war disrupts shipping.
Casino workers strike at Encore Boston Harbor after contract talks stall
More than 1,300 Teamsters and UNITE HERE members walked out after voting 97 percent to authorize the strike
Forever War: How 9/11 Unleashed U.S. Violence on Civilians Abroad & Attacks on Rights...
We look at how post-9/11 policies and the so-called war on terror reshaped the country and the world with two Columbia faculty members who convened a two-day symposium on “The Forever War and the First Amendment.” The symposium brought together journalists, scholars, lawyers and activists to explore the legacy of the “war on terror,” specifically focused on the impact on democratic rights, including the freedoms of speech and the press.
25 Years of War Was the Wrong Response to 9/11
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies tally the trillions spent and the millions killed in the quarter century of war that followed September 11.