Community Rights/Rights of Nature

Idaho: Massive strip mine on national forest to forever alter famed Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness

If you know anyone in this area, they need to be alerted. Taxpayers have already cleaned up last mess……with corporate polluters and resource raiders given a free pass by the current administration, your quality of life is about to change. Action page below. Canada-based Midas Gold is proposing a massive strip mine on national forest …

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The Wine Industry Needs to Evolve

The Wine Industry Needs to Evolve Source: https://www.winebusiness.com/ by Cyril Penn January 17, 2019 “This is probably the most important report that we’ve put together, Silicon Valley Bank Wine Division EVP and founder Rob McMillan said as he kicked off yesterday’s annual state of the wine industry broadcast. “I say that because I believe the wine …

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MILLIONS AGAINST MONSANTO Now We Know

New Study from Europe MILLIONS AGAINST MONSANTO: Now We Know Ever wonder how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could continue to support the use of glyphosate—even after 17 of the world’s best scientists at the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded that the key active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller is a “probable human carcinogen”? …

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Toxic Tragedy: Andrew Wheeler Has Betrayed Congress and Shamelessly Cooked the Books to Help Coal Barons | Sierra Club

SWAMP WATCH Crony Capitalism:  “……Andrew Wheeler, who decides that the control of mercury is not “appropriate or necessary.” Tell that to the nursing mother whose infant’s neurological system has been compromised by mercury poisoning (according to Mr. Wheeler, that poisoning is worth just a few thousand dollars). Wheeler proposes to reverse course on air toxics …

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‘Shameful’: Colorado Supreme Court Denounced for Siding With Big Oil Profits Over Public Health in Youth-Led Suit

“In a statement on Monday, Earthworks’ energy program director Bruce Baizel argued that the Colorado Supreme Court “just ruled that Colorado’s public health, safety, and welfare are less important than permitting oil and gas production.” Anne Lee Foster of Colorado Rising echoed this sentiment, declaring that the court’s ruling—which was enthusiastically celebrated by the state’s …

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Trump’s EPA eyes cuts in water pollution regulation that directly affects the Gulf of Mexico

Opinion: “Mad Max”  at the helm…… Trump’s EPA eyes cuts in water pollution regulation that directly affects the Gulf of Mexico One of Trump’s first actions in office was to tell the EPA chief to repeal or revise the Clean Water Rule. Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency has proposed cuts in water pollution regulation that would increase the 5,772-square-mile dead zone …

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