The environmental movement is facing some pretty tough challenges. Not only has the shamelessly retrograde George W. Bush been re-elected to the Presidency of the United States, but Republicans, whose overall voting record is significantly less environment-friendly than that of the Democrats, have had their majorities increased in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Mother’s Milk is a Unique Blend of All Thats Best for the Baby, But Its Also Full of Toxic Chemicals
Environmentalists and animal rightists are, at least on the surface, natural allies, but in practice they’re most often at each other’s throats. But, particularly in light of important new information about how animals think and what they feel, shouldn’t environmentalists at least be listening to what the animal rights movement has to say? Can these two communities with so much in common at long last form a working relationship?
"Factory" farming of cows, pigs and chickens is a big business in America, and the waste from this major industry is a significant health hazard.
A recent survey by two environmental groups concludes that on at least 200 occasions, staff scientists at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) have been compelled to alter findings in order to weaken protection for endangered and threatened species.
Seven years after it was brokered by the United Nations, the Kyoto Protocol went into effect last week, despite lack of involvement by the world’s biggest polluter, the United States.
Gem mining around the world can indeed be very destructive to the surrounding environment, leading to many problems such as soil erosion and sedimentation, water pollution and depletion, poisoning of wildlife and vegetation, flooding—even landslides.
Vinyl siding may not pose identifiable risks once installed properly on your home, but its production and disposal contribute to a wide range of health and environmental problems. In producing Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), the basic element in all vinyl products, workers are exposed to a multitude of hazardous chemicals
We have become alienated from the animal world, and we feel that loss in the deepest parts of our consciousness. Animals, once considered to be partners of the natural world, are now merely exploited.
Human slavery and animal abuse have a great deal in common. In both cases, the uglier aspects are hidden from view.
