BBC NEWS– A new law has come into effect in Mexico City giving the authorities the power to fine shops which give away free plastic bags to their customers. In future, shops in the Mexican capital will have to charge for the bags, which must also be biodegradable. As well as fines of up to $90,000 (£57,700), shop owners not … Read More
YES!– When politicians refer to natural gas as a “clean” alternative to oil and coal, they seldom mention a commonly used technique called horizontal hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking. But in New York, residents were concerned enough about the long-term environmental, health, and economic fallout of fracking that they convinced the state Senate to institute a moratorium on the … Read More
GUARDIAN– The White House was accused today of spinning a government scientific report into the amount of oil left in the Gulf of Mexico from the BP spill which had officials declaring that the vast majority of the oil had been removed. As BP workers finished pouring cement into the well as a first step to permanently sealing it today, … Read More
YES!– “To search for solutions to hunger means to act within the principle that the status of acitizen surpasses that of a mere consumer.” -CITY OF BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL In writing Diet for a Small Planet, I learned one simple truth: Hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but a scarcity of democracy. But that realization was only … Read More
Welcome to Trash Island. Population Zero. No life lives here, Just plastic bags, Disfigured Barbies, Melting storybook heroes. Souls plunge upward, Toward light and air. Blocked by leeching death, And wayward cares. The stench of rotting goods Discarded, Pays homage to what once was. Since first eyes open, First impressions burn. The “more” becomes obsession, While social status language learned. … Read More
