Family Farmers Mobilize in Ongoing Battle Against Monsanto

Family Farmers Mobilize in Ongoing Battle Against Monsanto Group heads to federal appeals court to be free from "legal threats and intimidation" from genetically modified giant - Andrea Germanos, staff writer A group of family farmers is headed to a federal...

Stunning View from Orbit: Dramatic Volcanoes at Dawn

Stunning View from Orbit: Dramatic Volcanoes at Dawn Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Russia at dawn, as seen from the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/CSA/Chris Hadfield A stunning view from orbit! Astronaut Chris Hadfield captured this shot of the volcanoes of...

Warmer Arctic Waters Sprout Frost Flower Meadows

http://newswalls.blogspot.com/2013/01/warmer-arctic-waters-sprout-frost.html Warmer Arctic Waters Sprout Frost Flower Meadows " It was three, maybe four o’clock in the morning when he first saw them. Grad student Jeff Bowman was on the deck of a ship; he and a...

10 Dumbest Things Fox Said About Climate Change In 2012

In contrast to official temperature records showing a consistent warming trend, Fox Business reporters have claimed that the "temperature basically hasn't changed much since the ice age" and that it's actually "getting colder." Fox News figures have also denied the scientific...

Clean Energy: Health and Responsibility

Clean energy is a matter of health, and it is also a matter of responsibility.Health means that it doesn't negatively impact either people's health or that of the planet. Dirty energy causes vast negative impact on both. Whereas with clean energy, nothing is polluted and no...

Donate before Jan. 1st, and groups will match your amount

So 2012 is almost over, though it seems that it wasn't that long ago when it began. But alas, as you get older, time definately seems to go faster. Now one of the things you might notice if you are interested in politics, and subscribe and/or a member of various political...

Antarctica: It’s Getting Hot at the Bottom of the Planet

One of the big environmental stories of 2012 was the record melting of sea ice in the Arctic, which reached its smallest extent this summer since satellite data began being kept in the late 1970s. But it’s not the Arctic alone that’s reacting to manmade climate change by...

Intrepid Museum, Home of Shuttle Enterprise, Reopens after Hurric

http://newsdoors.blogspot.com/2012/12/intrepid-museum-home-of-shuttle.html Intrepid Museum, Home of Shuttle Enterprise, Reopens after Hurricane Sandy Closure NEW YORK — The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum — the home of the retired space shuttle orbiter...