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Read More »George Monbiot — Mass starvation is humanity’s fate if we keep flogging the land to death
What happens when land is consolidated with capital as a factor and the objective is maximizing profit short-term.The GuardianMass starvation is humanity’s fate if we keep flogging the land to deathGeorge MonbiotSee alsoPatreonPrinciples of Political Economy: The opening lines Steve Keen
Read More »Jonathan Turley — Study: Pollution Kills More People Than War, Smoking, Hunger, and Other Causes of Death
We have previously discussed how environmental dangers remain something of an abstraction for most people who fail to recognize that changes in air or water pollution standards results in high and quantifiable rises in death rates. Even changes in areas like shipping fuels can translate to thousands of deaths. However, since these deaths are not immediate and borne privately, the true costs of pollution are often dismissed. I have been highly critical of the environmental record of the...
Read More »Shanghai Daily — Farms warned to go green or close down
Farms failing to meet environmental requirements will be closed and fewer chemicals will be used in Shanghai's agricultural production. These are part of the city's endeavors to promote the construction of a green and modern urban agriculture. Quality is the name of the game. "Shanghai's agricultural development is more about its ecological function, and compared with quantity, we should focus more on quality," Zhang Guokun, director of the city's agricultural commission, said...
Read More »DAPL Company Levels RICO Charges Against Greenpeace — Dimitri Lascaris interviews Greenpeace USA General Counsel Thomas Wetterer
Upping the ante in the environmental wars.TRNNDAPL Company Levels RICO Charges Against GreenpeaceDimitri Lascaris interviews Greenpeace USA General Counsel Thomas Wetterer
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