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France Shows Why Water Privatization Is a Bad Idea

France Shows Why Water Privatization Is a Bad Idea

Food & Water Watch Just 50 days before the World Water Forum and the Alternative World Water Forum take place in Marseille, France, the European Commission has announced formal anti-trust proceedings against French water companies Veolia, Suez and subsidiaries Lyonnaise des Eaux and SAUR. The commission will examine whether companies have coordinated their behaviour in […]

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    Grainwashing—Organic Vs. Natural Cereal

    Grainwashing—Organic Vs. Natural Cereal

    Healthy Child Healthy World By Janelle Sorensen Like many other consumers, I used to think that if I shopped at the local co-op or in the natural section of the grocery store, I couldn’t go wrong. I could relinquish my fears of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and pesticides and breeze through my grocery shopping without […]

    The Ugly Truth about Kids’ Cereals

    The Ugly Truth about Kids’ Cereals

    Environmental Working Group Parents have good reason to worry about the sugar content of children’s breakfast cereals, according to an Environmental Working Group (EWG) review of 84 popular brands. Kellogg’s Honey Smacks, at nearly 56 percent sugar by weight, leads the list of the 10 worst children’s cereals, according to EWG’s analysis. In fact, a […]

    New Database Is a Big Boost for Conservation Efforts

    New Database Is a Big Boost for Conservation Efforts

    National Conservation Easement Database The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities announced the release of the National Conservation Easement Database, the first resource to offer detailed information on the nearly 18 million acres now protected by more than 80,000 easements across the U.S. Until its development, land and natural resource practitioners and decision-makers lacked a […]

    Noble Causes Everyone Should Support

    Noble Causes Everyone Should Support

    Stefanie Penn Spear This Thanksgiving, the grassroots environmental movement had many reasons to be thankful. November brought many victories including the delays on the Keystone XL pipeline and fracking the Delaware River Basin. But perhaps what’s most exciting to celebrate is the growing collaboration and current momentum of the environmental movement. I’ve been working at […]

    The Oberlin Project

    The Oberlin Project

    Despite the demise of federal climate change legislation, cities across the nation continue efforts started under the 2009 federal stimulus act to revitalize their communities and make them sustainable. One of the most inspiring examples is right here in Ohio. The Oberlin Project is a collaboration among the City of Oberlin, Oberlin College, the city’s […]

    Keynote Speakers Focus on Food Sovereignty

    Keynote Speakers Focus on Food Sovereignty

    Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association by Lauren N. Ketcham Sowing the Seeds of Our Food Sovereignty is the theme of the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association’s (OEFFA) 33rd annual conference on Feb. 18-19 in Granville, Ohio. Drawing nearly 1,000 attendees in 2011, Ohio’s largest sustainable agriculture conference will feature keynote speakers Woody Tasch […]

    Uranium Barter Revealed as USEC Bailout Scam

    Uranium Barter Revealed as USEC Bailout Scam

    Geoffrey Sea In the Cold War satire The Mouse that Roared—a 1955 novel also titled The Wrath of Grapes and a 1959 film starring Peter Sellers—the potentates of the Duchy of Grand Fenwick (all played by Sellers) realize that their best chance to avert economic collapse would be to declare war on the U.S., so […]

    Sign Petition to Restore the Colorado River Delta

    Sign Petition to Restore the Colorado River Delta

    Save the Colorado Nineteen Southwest U.S. conservation groups from the top of the Colorado River basin to the bottom have launched an online petition drive to gather support for a Bi-National Agreement between the U.S. and Mexico to restore a small amount of water to the Colorado River Delta. In just two days, the petition […]