Protecting our environmental resources and promoting social justice
Bumblebees Show Off Their Own Puzzle-Solving Culture Bees pollinate our crops and contribute $15 billion to our economy. Albert Einstein said, “If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.” So why do we try to kill them off with pesticides? Scientific American Reports: “Like …
Pesticides threatening the food supply. “It will take meaningful policy protection and rapid market change to reverse these unsustainable declines in honey bees and to protect the future of our food supply,” he added.” EPA Inaction Blamed as US Bees Suffer Second Highest Colony Losses on Record Bees are an integral part of California’s nearly …
“….US litigation has recently resulted in the release of hundreds of secret Syngenta documents – the so-called Paraquat Papers (click link for study) – that show how the Swiss agrochemical giant used manipulated data, and “safety” measures it knew were ineffective, to keep its highly toxic weedkiller on the market – despite thousands of deaths.” …
Swiss voters to cast ballots on pesticide-free farming amid climate of fear Read More »
WE DID IT!!! After two years of heartfelt work, patience and dedication — the parks and playgrounds in Rohnert Park are now safer for our families, pets, pollinators and the environment! Starting this week, Rohnert Park is no long relying on synthetic pesticides for weed abatement in parks. Please see the press release below. Thank …
Local Hero: Julie Royes making Rohnert Park public spaces safe for all Read More »
France becomes first country in Europe to ban all five pesticides killing bees The Telegraph: by Henry Samuel, Paris France’s new ban on pesticides will go further than those of the EU, in a bid to protect the country’s declining bee population Credit: reuters Follow France will take a radical step towards protecting its dwindling …
France Becomes First Country in Europe to Ban All Five Pesticides Killing Bees Read More »
Trump administration priorities: profit at all costs. “The letter follows two recent lawsuits from environmental groups who say the EPA relied too heavily on industry studies when approving sulfoxaflor. An EPA official told reporters when the new policy was unveiled that “most of the studies that we used were indeed sponsored by industry. That is …
Oregon Democrats push EPA to justify use of pesticide ‘highly toxic’ to bees: The Hill Read More »