Category Archives: Environment

Bug Power

Bug Power The Institute of Science in Society Science Society Sustainability http://www.i-sis.org.uk Waste-gobbling bacteria may be our dream ticket to clean renewable energy. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho Bacteria that gobble wastes are a godsend. They prevent the build up of wastes … Continue reading →

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WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY, SUNDAY, JUNE 5TH, 2005

All around the world this past week and this weekend there are festivities and educating activities going on that celebrate the human relationship with the wondrous planet EARTH.San Francisco, CA, is the first United States city to host WORLD ENVIRONMENT … Continue reading →

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Why Iowa Should Worry About the Agriculture of the Middle

Why Iowa Should Worry About the Agriculture of the Middle The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University During the past several decades, the American food system has increasingly followed two new structural paths. On one hand, small-scale farm … Continue reading →

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The Financial End-game

The Financial End-game Slowly Plays Out by Nigel Maund, Safehaven.com … the Sudden Systemic Implosion which will usher in the Brave New World “Capitalism requires people to be quiet souls in the workplace and wild pagans at the cash register” … Continue reading →

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Secret GM Food Study: Rats Get Sick from Eating It!

Secret GM Food Study: Rats Get Sick from Eating It! By Geoffrey Lean, Independent.co.uk Rats fed GM corn due for sale in Britain developed abnormalities in blood and kidneys.  So what might it do to humans? Rats fed on a … Continue reading →

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“SNAPSHOT” OF THE IOWA WATERSHED

“SNAPSHOT” OF THE IOWA WATERSHED “What If Lightning Lasted, Not For An Instant But Forever, Each Crackling Bolt Joining The Thousands, The Millions Already Pulsating From Earth To Heaven? What If The Mountains, Like Massive Molars Were Ripped Up Roots … Continue reading →

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Ottumwa Lagoons Among Iowa’s Most-polluted Bodies of Water

Ottumwa Lagoons Among Iowa's Most-polluted Bodies of Water by Carly Schuffler, KTVOTV3.com Why wait for Bush to destroy the nation's water with sewage dumping?  Iowa is already doing it! (Ottumwa) The lagoons add beauty to Ottumwa's parks; but look a … Continue reading →

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Iowa Farm Fields Increase Dead Zones, Starve the World’s Seas

Iowa Farm Fields Increase Dead Zones, Starve the World's Seas by Janet Raloff, ScienceNews.org Caused almost exclusively by human activities, massive oxygen-starved waters, called “Dead Zones,” are developing along the world's coasts and are becoming increasingly common and recurrent For … Continue reading →

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Power Failures and Rising Energy Costs

Power Failures and Rising Energy Costs by Caroline Vernon IEA Warns of Coming Power Failures United Press International The Paris-based International Energy Agency has said Europe and North America could face power blackouts this summer. The agency said utility groups … Continue reading →

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Iowa Wind Farms Save Money, Energy; Iowa House OKs Wind Energy Tax Credit

Iowa Wind Farms Save Money, Energy by Steve Nicoles, KCRG-TV9 News (Cedar Rapids) — Iowa is breezing by other states when it comes to generating power with wind. According to the American Wind Energy Association the state ranks third in … Continue reading →

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