After a groundswell of support from state residents fueled by grassroots activism, Vermont is on track to become the first state to require the labeling of food that contains genetically modified organisms (GMOs). “This is a victory for everyone who eats.” A bill making its way through the Vermont legislature won preliminary approval on Tuesday …
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Fossil fuel executives, watch out. A group of environmental organizations want to know who is going to be held responsible for the corporate obstructionism of climate change information and policies, despite clear scientific consensus. In a letter of warning issued Wednesday to over 75 major insurance and fossil fuel corporations, Greenpeace International, the World Wildlife …
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Texas-based Fresh Off The Rail (FOTR), the company that puts on Streetwear Fashion Week in Houston Texas, will be holding the seventh edition of their event virtually this year. Streetwear Fashion Week now follows in the steps of New York Fashion Week, which also went mostly virtual this year. This season, FOTR is presenting nine …
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Formula 1 will be racing in Bahrain on November 29th and December 6th, but teams may well return to Sakhir just over three months later according to a draft calendar for 2021 that has come F1i’s way. F1 boss Chase Carey said this week that the sport was in the process of finalizing a “pretty …
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In what’s being described as a rare win for anti-nuclear activsts, a Japanese court has ruled against a move to restart two reactors at the Ohi nuclear power plant, west of Tokyo, owned by the Kansai Electric Power Co. According to Reuters: And the Asahi Shimbum newspaper adds: This work is licensed under a Creative …
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‘Moral Monday’ demonstrators took their fight back to the state capitol building again this week and eleven people were detained and cited for refusing to leave as they attempted to lobby Republican Gov. Pat McCrory to help end the legislature’s frontal assault on the health of the state’s people and its environment. The demonstrators gathered …
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Immediate action is needed to contain the deadly Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, World Health Organization (WHO) officials warned Wednesday. At least 600 cases and 390 deaths in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea have been reported since the epidemic began in March. “There is an urgent need to intensify response efforts,” Dr. Luis Sambo, …
Highlighting potential threats to wildlife, water and the environment, a new analysis by the Associated Press has revealed that four in 10 “high risk” oil and gas wells fail to receive federal inspection. AP describes these wells on federal and Indian land as being “near national forests and fragile watersheds or otherwise identified as higher …
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Formula 1 boss Chase Carey says the sport will never “dictate” any changes to its format – such as the adoption of reverse grids – but always try to adhere to a group decision. Talk about trialing a reverse grid qualifying race format next season at selected events was revived by F1 director of motorsports …
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Marchon Eyewear has announced an industry-first partnership with Eastman, a global speciality materials company, to roll out a recycled acetate material in its sunglass and optical products. The partnership will see Marchon being the first eyewear company to produce and sell frames using Eastman Acetate Renew, a fully sustainable material that will be used in …
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