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New science: “Pesticide soup” scrambles bee brain function

Source:  Pesticide Action Network Two new studies confirm that common pesticides are scrambling the circuits of bees’ brains. Researchers report that certain neonicotinoids and an organophosphate...

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Is Organic Better? Ask a Fruit Fly

FOOD APRIL 17, 2013,   By TARA PARKER-POPEWhen Ria Chhabra, a middle school student near Dallas, heard her parents arguing about the value of organic foods, she was inspired to create a science fair...

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Green Slime

By: Scott Faber, Vice President of Government Affairs Source:  Environmental Working Group FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2013 We’ve all heard of pink slime. Now, there’s green slime too. Unregulated pollution from...

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Balancing Act Would Protect Food, Farms And Families

By: Scott Faber, Vice President of Government Affairs Source:  The Environmental Working Group THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013 Americans have never been more interested in their food and how it’s grown. And the...

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We Just Passed the Climate’s “Grim Milestone”

—By Tim McDonnell and James West,  Mother Jones Fri May. 10, 2013        The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, where NOAA watched the carbon record break. NOAA Over the last couple weeks, scientists and...

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A Bad Few Weeks for Big Biotech

Source: Huffington Post It’s been a bad few weeks for the biotechnology industry. After decades of challenging Big Biotech’s disastrous attempts to redesign and control our food supply and genetic...

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Former GMO Engineer Drops Biotech and Goes Organic

Guest post by Ken Roseboro The “con­ver­sion” of for­mer anti-GMO activist Mark Lynas to GMO pro­moter has gar­nered huge media atten­tion, but Thierry Vrain, Ph.D., a for­mer genetic engi­neer who...

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CL&P opens electric vehicle call center

AUGUST 7, 2013 The Northeast Utilities call center in Windsor, for the company’s Connecticut subsidiaries including Yankee Gas and Connecticut Light & Power. Berlin electric utility Connecticut...

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CL&P Offers Holiday-Lighting Tips To Weston Residents

Source: Weston-Easton-Redding Daily Voice FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2013 FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — With the holiday season in full swing in Fairfield County, Connecticut Light and Power is offering tips on...

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CT DEEP Wants Frack Waste Reclassified Hazardous to Keep It Away

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is concerned that fracking waste–both wastewater and drill cuttings–may end up coming to the state. So DEEP has asked CT...

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