By Tate Fegley Mises Institute August 11, 2016 How the Feds Support Eco-Terrorism Both before and after September 11, 2001, the FBI has considered “eco-terrorism” one of its primary domestic terrorism concerns. The FBI defines “eco-terrorism” as “the use or threatened use of violence of a criminal nature against innocent victims or property […]
By Nadia Prupis Common Dreams May 3, 2016 EPA Using Industry-Funded Research to Determine if Glyphosate Causes Cancer A since-deleted analysis posted the agency’s website shows it is relying on unpublished reports from groups linked to biochem industry The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) used industry-funded research to conclude that the herbicide […]
By Against Crony Capitalism April 21, 2016 Hold Worst Polluter On Earth — Government — Responsible For Its Injustice We have said this multiple times in this space. There is no greater polluter than the government. Yet so many environmentalists place such faith in government. It’s strange. It’s like a girlfriend who […]
By Against Crony Capitalism March 18, 2016 EPA’s Gold King Mine Explanations Leave Gaping Holes Flint was/is bad and a good example of an EPA screw up of significant scale. (The agency knew about lead contamination of water supplies months before making the information public.) But the massive spill created by the […]
By Against Crony Capitalism March 11, 2016 EPA Officials Racking Up Huge Carbon Footprints Jet-Setting Across The Country Cronies gonna crony. We have rules for us. (Or lack of rules.) And then there are rules and standards for you. Don’t forget to recycle! (From The Daily Caller) Likewise, Administrator McCarthy’s weekly […]
By Chris Morran Consumerist November 2, 2015 EPA May Finally Ban Toxic Pesticide For Food Use A federal agency entrusted with protecting the health of Americans has finally gotten around to doing the job it’s paid to do by taxpayers. And once again, the only reason this agency is doing anything is because […]
By Katherine Paul Common Dreams October 12, 2015 The Emperor Has No Clothes, and Neither Do Monsanto’s ‘Scientists’ The Monsanto public relations machine has done a stellar job in recent years of reducing the GMO debate to one that pits “pro-science advocates” against “anti-science climate-denier types”—with Monsanto portrayed as being squarely planted in […]
By Deirdre Fulton Common Dreams September 21, 2015 Will the Obama Administration Hold VW Accountable for Corporate Crime? “This is a huge test of how serious the administration’s commitment is to prosecuting white collar crime.” The allegations being leveled against auto manufacturer Volkswagen (VW)—that it cheated to make nearly half a million […]
By Nadia Prupis Common Dreams September 8, 2015 Monsanto Favorite Glyphosate Soon to Join California’s Cancer List Announcement from state’s EPA chapter is ‘important step toward protecting people and wildlife’ In an unprecedented move, the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) will soon start labeling the common herbicide ingredient glyphosate a “probable carcinogenic,” stepping […]
By Against Crony Capitalism August 20, 2015 The real winner in Obama’s “War on Coal?” Surprise! It’s George Soros The new regs handed down from the EPA have crushed coal in the wake of the beating the industry has taken from the market. (Fracking and super cheap natural gas is what put […]
By Mac Slavo SHTFplan.com August 14, 2015 Governor Drinks Contaminated River Water But Tells Public “Not Safe to Drink Even Before Disaster” It wasn’t, but it may well have been Fukushima all over again. The full truth will never be told about the level of contaminants spilled into the river. Maybe the […]
By Against Crony Capitalism August 13, 2015 Retired Geologist Predicted EPA Toxic Spill 1 Week Before It Happened (This is truly amazing.) Here is the op/ed from the geologist dated July 30,2015. (From The Gateway Pundit) This letter to editor, posted below, was published in The Silverton Standard and The […]
By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts Paul Craig Roberts.org August 13, 2015 The Social Cost of Capitalism — Paul Craig Roberts Few, if any, corporations absorb the full cost of their operations. Corporations shove many of their costs onto the environment, the public sector, and distant third parties. For example, currently 3 million gallons […]
By Mac Slavo SHTFplan.com August 10, 2015 Southwestern Cities Forced onto “90-Day Supply of Water” After Toxic EPA Spill Contaminates Entire River The very agency charged with protecting the environment has caused a toxic waste spill from an environmental disposal mine filled with a megaload of heavy metals including high levels of […]
By Nadia Prupis Common Dreams August 9, 2015 As Colorado Spill Hits New Mexico, Alarm Sounds Over Abandoned Mines Toxic waste spill last Wednesday continues to spread, turning attention to issue of abandoned mines in U.S. Just days after workers with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accidentally spilled a million gallons of toxic […]
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