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...
View ArticleIs 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...
View ArticleGreen 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...
View ArticleBalancing 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...
View ArticleWe 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleFormer 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...
View ArticleCL&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...
View ArticleCL&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...
View ArticleCT 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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