Dead Zones

The Five Scariest Things About Halloween 2011

Terry Tamminen | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Fertilizer, Pesticides, Solyndra, Climate Change, Deepwater Horizon, Food and Agriculture Organization, Renewables, Clean Energy, Halloween, Water Scarcity, Food Waste, Population, Dead Zones, Green News
Terry Tamminen

The United Nations predicts that on Halloween this year, the human population will hit the seven billion mark. But that's not even the scary statistic.

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Save the Bay, Save Your Life

Neal Barnard, M.D. | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Fertilizer, Vegetarian, Nutrition, Health, Vegan, Agriculture, Environment, Factory Farms, Animals, Pollution, Diet, Meat, Dead Zones, Maryland, Home News
Neal Barnard, M.D.

If we eat grains, beans, vegetables, and fruits directly, instead of using grains to fatten animals, we could cut down on land use and pollution.

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The Word: Feariness

David Ropeik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gordon Gecko, Fear, Poverty, Antonin Scalia, Feariness, John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, America, Dick Cheney, Steven Colbert, Climate Change, Racism, Glenn Beck, Deforestation, Dead Zones, Politics News
David Ropeik

There are two kinds of fear, and they're easy enough to tell apart. The real kind of fear is the fear that keeps you safe. The false fear is what the doomsayers use to attract members and money.

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Life in the Gulf Dead Zone

Chris Kromm | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Texas, Bp, Ocean Pollution, Louisiana, Agriculture, Fish, Agribusiness, BP Oil Spill, Oceans, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Oil Spill, Dead Zones, Seafood, Green News
Chris Kromm

The already-expanding Gulf Dead Zone presents a uniquely dangerous scenario that many fear poses a long-term threat to ocean life.

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Oklahoma Attorney General Takes on Big Poultry, Highlighting Unsustainability of Industrial Agriculture

Paula Crossfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fertilizer, Farming, Waterways, Oklahoma, Agricultural Pollution, Drew Edmondson, Food Safety, Runoff, Pollution, Industrial Agriculture, Cafos, Dead Zones, Green News
Paula Crossfield

I needn't remind you that Oklahoma is a stronghold for climate change deniers like Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe. But Oklahoma could be poised to redeem itself, taking on the unsustainability of industrial agriculture.

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Our Oceans' Long Goodbye

Jeremy Jacquot | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Climate Change, Oceans, Global Warming, Fish, Dead Zones, Green News
Jeremy Jacquot

Besieged on all sides by overfishing, climate change, pollution and habitat destruction, the world's oceans are slowly but inevitably undergoing a long and painful transition.

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The Dead Zone Diet

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Biotechnology, Agribiz, Monsanto, Hypoxia, Claire Cummings, Fish, Frances Moore Lappé, Sustainability, Industrial Agriculture, Dead Zones, Green News
Kerry Trueman

Steak or salmon? Enjoy your dithering while you can, folks. It's Agribiz vs. Aquabiz, and at the moment, the farmers are beating the waders off of the fishermen.

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