Alarming headlines from around the World are sharing the toxic tragedy regarding the current ticking time bomb within China; now, that they are officially admitting to clusters of ‘cancer villages’ scattered within their highly contaminated borders. Do we really dare open this Pandora’s Box of Pollution? The official statement by [...]

The video opens to the sound of men howling like wolves, a growing sequence of hoots and cheers, bellows reminiscent of ancient war cries. Then a shot of land, as yet unscathed by man. Winnsboro, Texas: 326 miles east of Dallas and the site of what has been called the [...]

One wonders with a title as ‘provocative’ as this, what’s to follow; regrettably, nothing more than a truthful and bitter tale of greed and child slave-labour, mainly because of what I like to call “The Chocolate Wars”.  These corporate battles have been going on for quite some time, and are [...]

On February 19th, the Obama administration officially declared that greenhouse gas regulations are outside the scope of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), stating that activities outside of the bear’s natural habitat should not be regulated. In particular, the ruling is meant to point out that coal plants from, for example, [...]

With such easy access to clean water in the UK, it’s easy to take this vital resource for granted. However, clean water is truly essential to a healthy life, and without access to it, mortality rates in children skyrocket, and average life expectancy plummets. In the UK, contamination of water [...]

The federal Environment Minister, Peter Kent, is reportedly vocalizing his support for shale-gas exploration in New Brunswick, Canada for its significant economic benefits. That said, Kent also admits that having a “drill rig in one’s backyard is not the most pleasant of visions.” The Globe and Mail writes: New Brunswick is [...]

The mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, has announced plants to ban extruded polystyrene foam – or, as it’s known by its more popular label, Styrofoam. Styrofoam, especially for the restaurant and packaging industries, is a widely used product because of its lightness, its low production costs, and its [...]

According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, chronic conditions such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, and diabetes “are among the most common, costly, and preventable of all health problems.” Almost half of the adult American population (approximately 133 million people) has one of these ailments. On the heels [...]

The Global Nature Fund (GNF), a private non-profit that supports the protection of environment and nature, has recently awarded Lake Winnipeg the title of “Threatened Lake of the Year 2013”. The reason for this award is because of the imbalanced amount of nutrients present within the lake. Nutrients from agricultural [...]

According to Time Magazine, China is burning as much coal as the rest of the world is cumulatively burning. What’s the problem with this? Time reports: “Coal already accounts for 20% of global greenhouse-gas emissions, making it one of the biggest causes of man-made climate change. Combine that with the direct damage that air pollution from [...]