Currents

Rising population numbers throw a harsh light on the global need for health care and the growing problem of resource depletion.

October is proving a busy month for the country’s old guard food industries. After a decade of books and documentaries exposing the more unsavory aspects of how our food is produced, Big Ag and consumer brand companies are striking back with campaigns aimed at quelling the country’s growing disaffection with CAFO-raised beef, fake “fruit” snacks […]

umich.edu Along the southeast corner of Lake Michigan, near the coastal town of Saugatuck, Michigan, lies a line of snowy, pristine freshwater sand dunes up to 240 feet in height. I have yet to see the dunes myself, but they are said to be spectacular. Of them poet Carl Sandburg wrote: “Those dunes are to […]

Is overuse of nano-silver in products contributing to a rise in antibiotic-resistant bacteria and allergy rates?

A conflict of interest in environmental permitting for the Keystone XL pipeline makes it an even bigger political hot potato.

Melinda Tuhus I took the train from New Haven, Connecticut, to New York City on October 5, for the big rally called Occupy Wall Street (OWS) that’s supported by labor unions across the city. On a picture-perfect fall day, thousands gathered in Foley Square near City Hall. While OWS organizers and union leaders exhorted the […]

Increased jellyfish numbers threaten the Mediterranean coast and other tourist hotspots.

Many companies claim to support a cure for breast cancer while pushing unhealthy, and even cancer-causing, products.

Adam Corlin transformed a Santa Monica property into a conceptual billboard supporting ocean protection efforts with the help of graffiti artists Risk and Retna. For three months this summer, massive blue and black tarps draped over Adam Corlin’s Santa Monica property in what seemed to be a gigantic construction project. When Corlin bought the neglected […]