BIODIVERSITY IS LIFE –

January 22, 2013 Global Possibilities

There are massively disturbing ethical, environmental, and health concerns that make the introduction of Frankenfish highly controversial...

Frankenfish could be on your dinner plate by the end of the year.

On December 21, at the very end of the last business day before Christmas week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) quietly released its environmental assessment that found “no significant impact” from the controversial AquaBounty AquaAdvantage transgenic salmon.,,

What is the rationale behind genetically engineered salmon? Why have scientists spliced genes from an eel-like creature called the ocean pout into the genome of the Atlantic salmon? These genes crank out growth hormone year-round, resulting in a fish that grows faster, cutting the time to reach market weight almost in half. This could mean cost savings for fish farmers, leading to higher profits for the salmon farming industry and (they promise) lower prices for consumers.

But there are massively disturbing ethical, environmental, and health concerns that make the introduction of Frankenfish highly controversial... http://www.globalpossibilities.org/is-genetically-engineered-salmon-safe/

The Guardian, October 29, 2014
-▶ GENETICALLY MODIFIED SALMON COMPANY, AQUABOUNTY, FINED BY PANAMA http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/oct/29/panama-regulators-could-slow-us-approval-of-gm-salmon

 Grist, November 26, 2013
THROUGH THE BACK DOOR 

-▶ CANADA APPROVES EXPORT OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED SALMON EGGS - TO USA via PANAMA'S AQUABOUNTY
Canada will allow genetically modified salmon eggs to be produced and exported — but no way in hell will the eggs be allowed to hatch on Canadian soil. The eggs will be exported to Aquabounties hatcheries in Panama and then exported to the USA http://grist.org/news/canada-approves-export-of-genetically-modified-salmon-eggs/

Dr. David Suzuki, April 29, 2014
▶ SALMON FARMS vs. WILD SALMON: HAS ANYTHING CHANGED AFTER A DECADE OF CONTROVERSY? http://ecowatch.com/2014/04/29/salmon-farms-wild-salmon-controversy/

28 March, 2013 - Nation of Change
BIO-DEMOCRACY OR CORPORATOCRACY: THE FOOD FIGHT OF OUR LIVES http://www.nationofchange.org/biodemocracy-or-corporatocracy-food-fight-our-lives-1364483920

++++UNLEASHING GENETICALLY SALMON ONTO YOUR DINNER PLATE = NO REGULATIONS, NO OVERSIGHT  - "FATALLY FLAWED" FDA ASSESSMENT http://sco.lt/8ZDraz

March 28, 2013 VIDEO REPORT RT News
' FRANKENFISH' HEADING TO YOUR DINNER PLATE AS OBAMA SIGNS 'MONSANTO PROTECTION ACT' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao7ECASd5pc

Why Are We Emptying Our Oceans?

******SEA CHANGE: THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING  http://sco.lt/51LeCn

20 March, 2013 - The Guardian Environment

MAJOR US SUPERMARKETS TO BOYCOTT GM SALMON  - FIRST OF 30 OTHER GENETICALLY ALTERED SPECIES UNDER DEVELOPMENT

The GM salmon is the first in some 30 other species of genetically engineered fish under development, including tilapia. Researchers are also working to bring GM cows, chickens and pigs to market.... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/20/major-us-supermarkets-boycott-gm-salmon

++++OUR 21st CENTURY FACTORY OF LIFE - RE-ENGINEERING, PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF  -- IS BIOTECH OUT OF CONTROL http://sco.lt/4thM6j

DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? http://sco.lt/6jmb1l

DID YOU KNOW? GENE ALTERED FOODS NOW LARGE PART OF AMERICAN DIET http://sco.lt/7oVxQH

BIOTECH AGRICHEMICAL INDUSTRY GETS IMMUNITY FROM US CONGRESS, OBAMA - RISES ABOVE COURTS http://sco.lt/8edR3Z

ERADICATING ECOCIDE: WHY BUSINESS LEADERS MUST STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE http://sco.lt/56vkOH

Seattle Organic Restaurants
-▶ NEW REPORT SHOW ALARMING TRACES OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, CHEMICALS & OTHER CONTAMINANTS SHOWING UP IN FISH AND DRINKING WATER http://seattleorganicrestaurants.com/vegan-whole-food/alarming-traces-of-prescription-drugs-chemicals-contaminants-in-lakes-fish-drinking-water.php#water

The Independent, April 05, 2015
-▶HUMAN WASTE BLAMED FOR TURNING ONE IN 10 OF BRITAIN'S MALE CLAMS INTO FEMALES http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/human-waste-blamed-for-turning-one-in-10-of-britains-male-clams-into-females-10156333.html

- ▶ THE MALE INFERTILITY TIME BOMB : CHEMICALS/PESTICIDES IN FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT  http://sco.lt/8qyoZl

Azula, April 01, 2015
▶ HOW HUMAN BIRTH CONTROL AND BPA IS AFFECTING FISH REPRODUCTION IN OUR WATERWAYS http://www.azula.com/birth-control-fish-reproduction/

Science News, February 25, 2015
▶ AGRICULTURAL INSECTICIDES POSE A GLOBAL RISK TO SURFACE WATER BODIES  http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-02/hcfe-aip022515.php

NBC News -

▶ MEDS LURK IN DRINKING WATER : AP PROBE FOUND TRACES OF MEDS IN WATER SUPPLIES OF 41 MILLION AMERICANS http://www.nbcnews.com/id/23503485/#.UVpNmhk0ORQ

Grist, January 18, 2014

- ▶ HOW SAFE IS OUR DRINKING WATER? http://grist.org/business-technology/how-safe-is-our-drinking-water/

Environmental Health News, November 22, 2013
- ▶ ONLY HALF OF DRUGS, OTHER NEWLY EMERGING CONTAMINANTS REMOVED BY WATER TREATMENT PLANTS http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2013/november/emerging-contaminants-report

Reuters, February 18, 2015
- ▶ ARSENIC, NITRATES AMONG MANY POLLUTANTS IN CALIFORNIA DRINKING WATER  http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/19/us-usa-california-water-idUSKBN0LN03220150219

The Conservation, February 08, 2015
- ▶ THE WATER INDUSTRY NEED TO JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST SUPERBUGS : PHARMACEUTICAL POLLUTION IN OUR WATER https://theconversation.com/the-water-industry-needs-to-join-the-fight-against-superbugs-37233

The Columbus Dispatch, August 25, 2014
▶ WHAT'S IN YOUR DRINKING WATER : UNUSED MEDS GO DOWN THE DRAIN, WORRYING ENVIRONMENTALIST. “If you’re taking a drug, it may come out of your urine,” said Kyle Parker, the executive director of the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy. Livestock farms can discharge antibiotics into waterways through animal waste, and humans don’t fully metabolize the medications they take. http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/08/25/unused-meds-go-down-the-drain.html

Summit Voice, October 06, 2014
▶ PHARMACEUTICAL POLLUTANT ELUDE WATER TREATMENT, MAKE THEIR WAY INTO GROUNDWATER http://summitcountyvoice.com/2014/10/06/environment-pharmaceutical-pollutants-elude-water-treatment-make-their-way-into-groundwater/

The Groundwater Foundation

- ▶ PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS IN DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES http://www.groundwater.org/gi/ppcp_about.html

- ▶ HOW TO DISPOSE OF YOUR COSMETICS AND PHARMACEUTICALS WITHOUT HARMING THE ENVIRONMENT http://thegoodhuman.com/2015/01/19/how-to-dispose-of-your-cosmetics-without-harming-the-environment/

- ▶   *********EWG's SKIN DEEP GUIDE TO COSMETICS ********* - ▶

Rates safety of 80,000 unregulated chemicals in your personal care products  http://www.ewg.org/skindeep

The Daily Green:

- ▶ WHY BOTTLED WATER WON'T PROTECT YOU FROM ROGUE PHARMACEUTICALS http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/community-news/bottled-water-pharmaceuticals-47031112

Environmental News Network

- ▶ BOTTLED WATER NOT THE ANSWER: DRINKING WATER CONTAMINATED BY PHARMACEUTICALS http://www.enn.com/health/article/32699

New York Times, December 06, 2012
- ▶ DRUG MAKERS CHALLENGE PILL DISPOSAL LAW IN CALIFORNIA http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/07/business/drug-makers-challenge-pill-disposal-law-in-california.html?_r=0

June 15, 2013 Digital Journal

▶ NEW METHOD FOR DETECTING WASTE MEDICINES IN RIVER WATER  http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/35234

Huffington Post Canada, December 15, 2013
▶ LIKE DIET COKE, ONTARIO'S GRAND RIVER IS ARTIFICIALLY SWEETENED - 'HIGHEST' LEVELS IN THE WORLD, STUDY SAYS.
Researchers with Environment Canada and the University of Waterloo found record levels of acesulfame, sucralose, saccharin, and cyclamate – artificial sweeteners commonly found in diet pop and toothpaste – in the Grand River to be “the highest reported concentrations of these compounds in surface waters to date anywhere in the world”http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/12/15/sweetener-river_n_4448501.html?ir=Canada

- ▶ WHITE HOUSE STALLS CRITICAL EPA REPORT HIGHLIGHTING CHEMICAL DANGERS TO CHILDREN AMID FIERCE OPPOSITION FROM CHEMICAL INDUSTRY http://sco.lt/7AjOef

September 6, 2013 Huffington Post Green

- ▶ EPA QUIETLY WITHDRAWS TWO KEY PROPOSED CHEMICAL SAFETY RULES http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/06/epa-chemical-

 Living On Earth, November 7, 2013
▶ HOW DRUGS GIVEN TO HUMANS AND LIVESTOCK MAY BE CREATING SUPERBUGS IN NATURE (AND HUMANS)
http://www.onearth.org/articles/2013/11/oh-poop-wildlife-shows-signs-of-antibiotic-resistance

New York Times, January 27, 2014
- ▶ ANTIBIOTICS IN OUR FOOD ANIMALS TIED TO RISK OF HUMAN INFECTIONS http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/science/antibiotics-in-animals-tied-to-risk-of-human-infection.html?_r=0

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                              -- IMPACT ON WILDLIFE AND NATURE --

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                               The Associated Press Investigation:

- ▶ PHARMACEUTICALS FOUND IN DRINKING WATER, AFFECTING WILDLIFE AND HUMANS http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/pharmawater_site/index.html

Yale Environment 360 - by Sonia Shah

- ▶ AS PHARMACEUTICAL USE SOARS, DRUGS TAINT WATER AND WILDLIFE: http://e360.yale.edu/feature/as_pharmaceutical_use_soars_drugs_taint_water_and_wildlife/2263/

August 11, 2013 Science 2.0
- ▶ IMPACTS OF PHARMACEUTICALS ON WILDLIFE http://www.science20.com/anthrophysis/impacts_pharmaceuticals_wildlife-118212

April 1, 2013 Phys Org

- ▶ PHARMACEUTICALS COMMONLY FOUND IN THE ENVIRONMENT ARE DISRUPTING STREAMS WITH UNKNOWN IMPACTS ON AQUATIC LIFE AND WATER QUALITY http://phys.org/news/2013-04-streams-stressed-pharmaceutical-pollution.html

AlterNet

 ▶ PHARMACEUTICALS IN OUR WATER SUPPLY ARE CAUSING BIZARRE MUTATIONS IN WILDLIFE http://www.alternet.org/story/59305/pharmaceuticals_in_our_water_supply_are_causing_bizarre_mutations_to_wildlife

EcoWatch, November 27, 2013

- ▶ PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ENTERING THE GREAT LAKES AT ALARMING RATE http://ecowatch.com/2013/11/27/prescription-drugs-entering-the-great-lakes/

                                               INFOGRAPHIC

        IMPACT OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ON THE ENVIRONMENT http://www.drugsdb.com/blog/infographics/prescription-drugs-impact-environment.html

Summit Voice, January 17, 2015
▶ STUDY FIND ECSTASY IN RIVER WATER NEAR MUSIC FESTIVAL. Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics aren’t the only emerging pollutants to threaten water quality, according to researchers who studied a river near a major music festival in Taiwan. Wastewater treatment plants are not set up to remove them efficiently, so they get into soil and water. Some have been shown to affect the behavior of fish and to have other adverse effects on the environment. http://summitcountyvoice.com/2015/01/17/study-finds-ecstasy-in-river-near-music-festival/

The Guardian, February 14, 2013

- ▶ BIG PHARMA DRUGS FOUND IN RIVERS, CHANGES FISH BEHAVIOR - WITH POTENTIAL EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS  http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/feb/14/anxiety-drug-rivers-changes-fish-behaviour

TakePart, January 16, 2015
▶ YOUR DRUGS ARE DEPRESSING PLANTS http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/01/16/your-anti-depressants-are-depressing-plants

TakePart,
- ▶ YOUR ANTIDEPRESSANTS ARE FREAKING OUT THE FISH http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/04/07/antidepressants-our-water-still-depressing-news-aquatic-life

Mail OnLine, April 02, 2014
▶ PRAWNS ON PROZAC: Anti-depressants flushed into seas and rivers are affecting the fertility and colour of aquatic wildlife http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2595111/Prawns-PROZAC-Anti-depressants-flushed-seas-rivers-affecting-fertility-colour-aquatic-wildlife.html

June 12, 2013 Scientific American

- ▶ FISH ON PROZAC PROVE ANXIOUS, ANTISOCIAL, AGGRESSIVE : REMEMBER WE ARE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN AND EAT THESE FISH http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=fish-on-prozac-prove-anxious-anti-social-agressive

 Guardian, February 14, 2013
- ▶ ANXIETY DRUG FOUND IN RIVERS CHANGES FISH BEHAVIOUR http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/feb/14/anxiety-drug-rivers-changes-fish-behaviour

Time, January 14, 2015
- ▶ INGESTED DRUGS, PASSED THROUGH SEWERS, THREATEN LAKE MICHIGAN FISH http://time.com/3666985/pharmaceutical-drugs-sewers-lake-michigan-fish/

Philly.com, July 16, 2014

-▶ RIVER CHEMICALS ARE FEMINIZING MALE FISH Male fish with signs of feminization, including the development of eggs, have been discovered in Pennsylvania’s Delaware, Ohio, and Susquehanna river basins. The find is a sign of hormone-disrupting chemicals in the water, possibly from mixtures of pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products, like cosmetics and antibacterial soaps, seeping into the rivers, Philly.com reports. The state’s Department of Environmental Protection has begun sampling river systems to learn which exact compounds are present, and if they could possibly affect humans. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/science/20140716_Intersex_fish_indicate_chemical_problems_in_Pa__rivers.ht

The Sunday Times, December 07, 2014
- ▶ PAINKILLERS PUT OTTERS AT RISK : SOARING levels of painkillers in Britain’s rivers are threatening the revival of the otter just as it returns from the brink of extinction. An analysis of fur has found that wild otters’ bodies are routinely contaminated with ibuprofen and diclofenac, drugs that can cause fatal kidney and liver damage.Environmentalists say there is increasing evidence that human and animal medicines are polluting waterways and putting wildlife and people at risk. http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Environment/article1492565.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2014_12_07

Environmental Health News, November 5, 2013
- ▶ ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE SPREAD TO BIRDS, OTHER WILDLIFE. In addition to crows, resistance genes have been detected in gulls, houseflies, moths, foxes, frogs, sharks and whales, as well as in sand and coastal water samples from California and Washington. The spread to wildlife is “an indicator of the wide-reaching scale of the problem. Microbes connect the planet,” said Lance Price, a professor of environmental and occupational health at George Washington University. “The danger is that we enter a post-antibiotic era in which even our last-line drugs won’t work and routine infections become life-threatening,” he said... http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2013/wildlife-antibiotic-resistance

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                                   BIG PHARMA, BIG BUCKS

                               ENDING DRUG MONOPOLIES

              MEGA PROFITS AND STRANGLEHOLD ON PATENTS

                                         PEOPLE ARE DYING

                                          http://sco.lt/5BKosr

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                                                 CHEMICALS

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Al Jazeera America, June 27, 2014

▶ WHY 28 YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE EPA'S LAST CHEMICAL RISK REVIEW.  Tens of thousands of chemicals have not been reviewed by the EPA, and people are starting to ask questions http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/6/27/epa-chemical-regulation.html

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                                February 13, 2013 PBS NewsHour
                                       VIDEO INVESTIGATION

POISONOUS CHEMICAL TOXINS IN YOUR DRINKING WATER: THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, THE EPA AND CONFLICT OF INTERESTS http://www.pbs.org/newshour/multimedia/epa-corporate/

- ▶ GENDER-BENDER CHEMICALS: TRICLOSAN

"THERE'S A FROG DISRUPTOR IN MY SOAP" revisited - See the Amazing List of Product Containing Triclosan http://www.treehugger.com/health/triclosan-treehugger-theres-frog-disruptor-my-soap-revisited.html

The Day, Connecticut, October 6, 2013
- ▶ UNREGULATED, POTENT, GERM-KILLING CHEMICAL 'TRICLOSAN', COMMONLY FOUND IN PRODUCTS AND COSMETICS, IS HARMING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMANS.
Every time you brush your teeth with Colgate Total, coat your underarms with Arm & Hammer Essentials deodorant, or wash your hands with Dial Complete liquid soap or your dishes with Dawn Ultra, you are polluting our water. These and dozens of other cleaners and cosmetics, along with toothbrushes, socks, underwear, yoga mats, hockey helmets, cutting boards and other items carrying labels like "Biofresh," "Microban," and "antimicrobial," contain triclosan. This powerful chemical kills bacteria but also is the target of growing concern about its harmful effects on human health and the environment.
 http://www.theday.com/article/20131006/NWS01/310069936/1017

Treehugger, December 16, 2013
- ▶ FDA ADMITS ANTIBACTERIAL SOAP DOESN'T STOP GERMS http://www.treehugger.com/health/fda-admits-antibactrial-soap-doesnt-stop-germs.html

- ▶ WHITE HOUSE STALLS CRITICAL EPA REPORT HIGHLIGHTING CHEMICAL DANGERS TO CHILDREN AMID FIERCE OPPOSITION FROM CHEMICAL INDUSTRY http://sco.lt/7AjOef

Huffington Post, January 10, 2014
- ▶ CHEMICAL SPILL SHUTS DOWN ALL WATER IN MUCH OF WEST VIRGINIA CAPITAL http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/10/federal-investigation-west-virginia-spill_n_4576429.html

UNBELIEVABLE, UNACCEPTABLE, OUTRAGEOUS: WEST VIRGINIA

MASSIVE COAL ASH CHEMICAL DISASTER CONTAMINATING OUR RIVERS AND WATER SUPPLY  http://sco.lt/4saARl

- ▶ CHEMICALS IN YOUR BODY: NEW UN STUDY REVEALS OUR CHEMICAL FOLLY - ENDROCINE AG CHEMICAL DISRUPTERS A GLOBAL EMERGENCY  http://sco.lt/82f9px

- ▶ CHEMICALS/PHARMACEUTICALS... The MOST DANGEROUS and PROFITABLE INDUSTRY in the WORLD! http://www.helpingwomenonline.com/Pharmaceutical_Companies.html

July 4, 2013 EurActive

- ▶ EU: NEW CHEMICALS, DRUGS ADDED TO EUROPEAN UNION WATER POLLUTION WATCH LIST http://www.euractiv.com/health/new-chemicals-pharmaceuticals-ad-news-529073

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                         March 15, 2013 - PBS NEWSHOUR VIDEO::

      HOW TO GET CHROMIUM-6 OUT OF YOUR DRINKING WATER http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2013/03/getting-the-chromium-out-of-your-water.html

Living on Earth, March 14, 2014

 ▶ THE SCARY NEW EVIDENCE ON BPA PLASTIC: AN ABSOLUTELY MIND-BOGGLING INVESTIGATION INTO THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY TACTICS TO KEEP YOU IN THE DARK ABOUT TOXIC PRODUCTS & EXPOSURE http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=14-P13-00011&segmentID=4

 ▶ MONSANTO'S TOXIC HERBICIDE ROUNDUP GLYPHOSATE HORMONE INHIBITOR IN OUR FOOD CHAIN http://sco.lt/5IGifZ

                                                         WATCH

                                                   Link TV (27:17)
               UNSAFE: THE TRUTH BEHIND EVERYDAY CHEMICALS
They contribute to disease and are linked to conditions such as asthma, autism, ADHD, diabetes, cancers, infertility, cognitive disorders, obesity, reproductive disorders and birth defects. Earth Focus looks at endocrine disruptors, ubiquitous chemicals that affect development, metabolism, fertility and intelligence at extremely low doses and at what measures could be taken to better ensure public safety.

 http://www.linktv.org/video/9214/unsafe-the-truth-behind-everyday-chemicals

                                        FRACKING AWAY OUR WATER

                                 Poisoning Our Dwindling water supplies

                                                   http://sco.lt/6E75Av

          THINK THOSE CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES IN YOUR FOOD

                           AND ENVIRONMENT HAVE BEEN TESTED?

                                              http://sco.lt/72z4gD

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                  INDUSTRIAL, AGRICULTURAL, FACTORY FARMS

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                                                   WATCH

                                         "A RIVER OF WASTE "

Beginning with a history of the American food system, River of Waste shows its evolution to large-scale corporate farms where pollution and use of growth hormones threaten both individual health and the future of our planet http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/river-waste/

August 2, 2012 Pew Environment Group
- ▶  ANIMAL WASTE, WATERWAYS, AND DRINKING WATER http://www.pewenvironment.org/news-room/opinions/animal-waste-waterways-and-drinking-water-85899409190

                         REPORT: WASTING OUR WATERWAYS 2012

                              March 22, 2013 Environment America

INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES CONTINUE TO DUMP MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF TOXIC CHEMICALS INTO AMERICA'S RIVERS, STREAMS, LAKES AND OCEAN WATERS http://www.environmentamerica.org/reports/ame/wasting-our-waterways-2012

- ▶ STOP FACTORY FARMS FROM POLLUTING OUR WATERWAYS WITH DRUGS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3643934709/groups-file-motion-to-stop-factory-farms-from-using-waterways-as-dumping-grounds

June 5, 2013 Washington Post
- ▶ IOWA CITIES STRUGGLE AS FARM RUNOFF CAUSES NITRATE LEVELS TO SOAR IN DRINKING WATER http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/iowa-cities-struggle-as-farm-runoff-causes-nitrate-levels-to-soar-in-drinking-water/2013/06/05/7c1a0450-cdae-11e2-8573-3baeea6a2647_story.html

28 March, 2013 - Earth In Transition
- ▶ NEW DANGERS FROM FACTORY FARM BACTERIA AND ANTIBIOTICS http://www.earthintransition.org/2013/03/new-dangers-from-factory-farm-bacteria-

Guardian Sustainable Business, August 07, 2014
-▶ FOOD, FARMING AND ANTIBIOTICS:  A HEALTH CHALLENGE FOR BUSINESS:  IT'S TIME TO THINK ABOUT RESPONSIBLE USE IN ANIMALS http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/food-farming-antibiotics-health-challenge-business

New York Times, January 27, 2014
- ▶ ANTIBIOTICS IN OUR FOOD ANIMALS TIED TO RISK OF HUMAN INFECTIONS http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/science/antibiotics-in-animals-tied-to-risk-of-human-infection.html?_r=0

 - ▶ THE CURSE OF PETROLEUM, CHEMICAL-BASED FERTILIZERS Thttp://sco.lt/4iAdaz

- ▶ YOUR CHICKENS ARE RAISED ON A STEADY DIET OF PRESCRIPTION, OVER-THE=COUNTER, AND EVEN BANNED DRUGS  CAFOs http://sco.lt/9MF4Ft

May 1, 2013 Food And Environment Reporting

- ▶ ANTIBIOTICS IN YOUR FOOD: WHAT'S CAUSING THE RISE IN ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA IN OUR FOOD SUPPLY (AND WHY YOU SHOULD BUY ANTIBIOTIC-FREE FOOD http://thefern.org/2013/05/whats-causing-the-rise-in-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria/

March 20, 2013 - Pew Health Initiatives

- ▶ NEARLY 30 MILLION POUNDS OF ANTIBIOTICS WERE SOLD BY BIG PHARMA FOR USE IN FOOD ANIMALS http://www.pewhealth.org/reports-analysis/issue-briefs/washington-food-leaders-urge-sen-murray-to-shine-a-light-on-industrial-farms-antibiotic-use-85899461346

                        THE DRUG STORE IN AMERICAN MEAT

                 CAFOs and Industrial Factory Farming Your Meat

                                        http://sco.lt/5pYaYr

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                                                BOTTLED WATER

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                                                      WATCH

   FROGS: THE THIN GREEN LINE - A WORLD WITHOUT AMPHIBIANS

                                        http://sco.lt/5U62ML

- ▶  PESTICIDE / CHEMICAL REGULATION OVERHAUL NEEDED TO PROTECT WILDLIFE, ECOSYSTEMS AND FOOD CHAIN http://sco.lt/813dw1

                                                     WATCH

                                "THE STORY OF BOTTLED WATER"

                                       The Story of Stuff Project

        http://www.storyofstuff.org/movies-all/story-of-bottled-water/

Environmental Working Group
- ▶ WHAT'S IN YOUR BOTTLED WATER - BESIDES WATER? http://www.ewg.org/research/ewg-bottled-water-scorecard-2011

                                                  WATCH: 

                                             BOTTLED LIFE: 

                                     The Business with Water

                                        http://sco.lt/7hedEH

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                                                      WATCH 

                                "MERCURY RISING" - Short Film :

                                      Poisoned Planet, Poisoned Food

                                            http://sco.lt/7JODJp

                                                       VIDEO

-▶ THE FOSSIL FUEL CONNECTION TO CHEMICALS AND ENDROCINE DISRUPTION http://www.linktv.org/video/9089/the-fossil-fuel-connection

June 17, 2013 Grist
- ▶ OYSTER HATCHERIES PUT HEART BURN MEDS IN THE WATER TO FIGHT OCEAN ACIDIFICATION http://grist.org/list/oyster-hatcheries-put-heartburn-meds-in-the-water-to-fight-ocean-acidification/

                                                   WATCH                                

                                 CBS Miami, September 20, 2013
POISONING OUR OCEANS:  SICK AND MUTANT FISH END UP ON YOUR DINNER PLATE http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/09/20/secrets-beneath-the-sea-call-out-for-change/

FOLLOW:

SAFER CHEMICALS, HEALTHY FAMILIES http://www.saferchemicals.org/

April 1, 2013 Mongabay

Corruption among wildlife rangers is becoming a serious impediment in the fight against poaching, fuelled by soaring levels of cash offered by criminal poacher syndicates, senior conservation chiefs have admitted... http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0401-gen-corrupt-rangers.html

Wildlife Extra News

  ▶ APPROXIMATELY 229,729 ELEPHANTS BRUTALLY SLAUGHTERED AND TRAFFICKED IN FEWER THAN SIX YEARS - INVESTIGATION REVEALS A HIGHLY ORGANISED IVORY TRADE ACROSS ASIA AND AFRICA - 

A new report uncovers the fact that Chinese ivory traffickers are present in virtually every African state, and operate at nearly every point along the supply chain. http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/organised-ivory-trade.html

WOULD ANYONE BUY IVORY IF THEY HAD WITNESSED THIS CRUEL SLAUGHTER? http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2012/aug/23/ivory-slaughter-yao-ming

                                                IVORY POACHING,

               THESE SEVEN IMAGES SHOW THEIR TERRIBLE FATE http://www.fascinatingpics.com/ivory-poaching-a-threat-to-african-elephants-these-7-images-show-their-terrible-fate/

World Wildlife Fund
STOP WILDLIFE CRIME:  THE VIDEO SERIES http://worldwildlife.org/pages/stop-wildlife-crime-the-series

AN INCREDIBLE WATCH
"ECHO" AN ELEPHANT TO REMEMBER" (53:10)
PBS Nature:  Intro & Full Episode
Echo, Africa’s most famous elephant, was the subject of many films and the matriarch of perhaps the most studied wild elephant herd in the world. In May of 2009, she died of natural causes. This film is a look back at this remarkable animal through extraordinary footage and interviews with the researchers that cared for and studied Echo and her family
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/echo-an-elephant-to-remember/introduction/5755/

31 March, 2013 The Guardian
GOLD AND POACHING BRING MURDER AND MISERY TO CONGOLESE WILDLIFE RESERVE http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/31/gold-poaching-murder-congo-wildlife

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TRAGEDY OF WILDLIFE POACHING

http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=POACHING

New York Times, April 4, 2014
-▶ CHINA'S POISONOUS WATERWAYS: More than 50 percent of China’s rivers have disappeared altogether, and few of the surviving waterways are not completely polluted. Some 280 million Chinese people drink unsafe water, according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection. Nearly half of the country’s rivers and lakes carry water that is unfit even for human contact. And China’s cancer mortality rate has soared, climbing 80 percent in the last 30 years. About 3.5 million people are diagnosed with cancer each year http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/05/opinion/chinas-poisonous-waterways.html?_r=0

March 30, 2013 - The Australian

-▶ ABOUT 28,000 RIVERS HAVE DISAPPEARED FROM CHINA'S STATE MAPS, an absence seized upon by environmentalists as evidence of the irreversible natural cost of developmental excesses.... http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/rivers-wiped-off-the-map-of-china/story-e6frg6so-1226609139591

                                                  February 08, 2015
                                           23 SHOCKING PHOTOS

REVEAL HOW BAD CHINA'S POLLUTION PROBLEM HAS BECOME

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2X2ySK/1DcROUT@y:HaJBFbJH/www.earthporm.com/23-shocking-photos-reveal-bad-chinas-pollution-problem-become

March 28, 2013 - Asia News
-▶ CHINA'S DISAPPEARING RIVERS: STUDY HINTS AT WIDESPREAD WATER CRISIS http://asiancorrespondent.com/103469/chinas-dying-rivers-study-hints-at-serious-water-crisis/

The Star, May 12, 2014
-▶ CHINA WAKES UP TO ITS WATER CRISIS http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/05/12/china_wakes_up_to_its_water_crisis.html

The Economist, October 12, 2013
-▶ CHINA IS RUNNING OUT OF WATER: DESPERATE MEASURES COULD CREATE MORE PROBLEMS THAN THEY SOLVE http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21587789-desperate-measures

Yale Environment 360, November 04, 2014
▶ CHINA'S GREAT DAM BOOM:  A MAJOR ASSAULT ON ITS RIVERS http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/04/china-dam-hydropower-boom-rivers

TerraDaily, October 28, 2013

-▶ CHINA'S WATER MEGA PROJECT WIPES OUT RIVERS, ECOSYSTEMS AND POPULATION LIVELIHOODS http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Chinas_water_megaproject_threatens_flood_of_problems_999.html

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March 31, 2013 - Business Insider
-▶ IF YOU THINK CHINA'S AIR IS BAD, YOU SHOULD SEE THE WATER http://www.businessinsider.com/china-water-pollution-2013-3?op=1http://www.businessinsider.com/china-water-pollution-2013-3?op=1

Guardian Environment, April 23, 2014

▶  CHINA SAYS MORE THAN HALF OF ITS GROUNDWATER IS POLLUTED  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/23/china-half-groundwater-polluted

June 29, 2013 Shanghai Daily
-▶ THE DAY THAT THE RIVER TURNED BLACK http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nsp/National/2013/06/29/The%2Bday%2Bthat%2Bthe%2Briver%2Bturned%2Bblack/

  -▶ RIVER OF BLOOD: 16,000 DEAD PIGS ROTTING IN CHINA'S DRINKING WATER SUPPLY  http://sco.lt/9GipcH SEE: FACTORY FARMS  http://sco.lt/7aFBUv

World Environment News, September 25, 2014
▶ CHINA SAYS FIRST-HALF RESULT EXCEED TARGET FOR CUTTING WATER POLLUTION. China is on track to exceed its 2014 target for cutting water pollution, the government announced on Wednesday, amid reports that it plans a $326 billion action plan to clean up its rivers and lakes. A lack of environmental oversight during decades of economic growth has caused a dire water crisis in China, as toxic waste from factories has left 70 percent of rivers and lakes and over half its groundwater polluted. http://planetark.org/wen/72243

June 5, 2013 Guardian Environment
-▶ CHINA'S MEGA WATER DIVERSION PROJECT BEGINS TESTING               http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/chinas-choice/2013/jun/05/chinas-water-diversion-project-south-north

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 -▶  MORE THAN HALF OF U.S. RIVERS ARE TOO POLLUTED TO SUPPORT LIFE http://sco.lt/5Gpafx

-▶ RESTORING RIVERS:  THE LIFEBLOOD OF BOTH HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES http://sco.lt/5tVYLB

  -▶  THE CURSE OF PETROLEUM, CHEMICAL-BASED INDUSTRIAL FARM FERTILIZERS http://sco.lt/7uzkCf

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August 19, 2013 Terra Daily
 -▶ HYDROPOWER POSES A THREAT TO SHANGHAI WATER http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Hydropower_poses_a_threat_to_Shanghai_water_999.html

 The Guardian

-▶ CHINA'S MEGA WATER DIVERSION PROJECT LARGEST IN THE WORLD : IT'S IMPACT ON THE ECOSYSTEM IS IRREVERSIBLE

The project has social implications as hundreds of thousands of people have been resettled so far to make way for the project. In Hubei and Henan provinces, almost 350,000 people were resettled from around the Danjiangkou Reservoir where water is to come for the middle route. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/chinas-choice/2013/jun/05/chinas-water-diversion-project-south-north?CMP=EMCENVEML1631

                                                       PHOTOS

                                 June 20, 2013 World Wildlife Fund

-▶ DAMS WOULD SIGNAL DEATH KNELL FOR HUGE MEKONG GIANT CATFISH http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/index.cfm?uNewsID=208993&amp

 Yale Environment 360, February 20, 2014
-▶  LIFE ON MEKONG RIVER FACES THREATS AS MAJOR DAM BEGINS TO RISE. With a massive dam under construction in Laos and other dams on the way, the Mekong River is facing a wave of hydroelectric projects that could profoundly alter the river’s ecology and disrupt the food supplies of millions of people in Southeast Asia. http://e360.yale.edu/feature/life_on_mekong_faces_threats_as_major_dams_begin_to_rise/2741/

27 August 2012 WWF -
-▶ MEKONG DAMS COULD ROB MILLIONS OF THEIR PRIMARY PROTEIN SOURCE http://wwf.panda.org/?206033/Mekong-dams-could-rob-millions-of-their-primary-protein-source

May 17, 2013 Guardian Environment

-▶ WORLD'S TALLEST DAM  APPROVED BY CHINESE ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICIALS http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/17/chinese-approve-plans-worlds-tallest-dam

                                FOSTERING A WATER CULTURE

 Harvesting Rainwater, July 13, 2013

▶  ON THE WATER CULTURE OF THE NAXI PEOPLE OF YUNNAN, CHINA http://rainwaterharvesting.wordpress.com/2013/07/13/on-the-naxi-water-culture/

                                                           VIDEO

                  Climate Denial Crock of the Week, February 06, 2015
POLLUTION IN CHINA "APOCALYPTIC: - RENEWABLE ENERGY IS ONLY CHANCE OF SURVIVAL  http://climatecrocks.com/2015/02/06/pollution-in-china-apocalyptic-renewable-energy-is-only-chance-of-survival/

BreakingViews, February 04, 2014

▶  WATER FIGHTS: SMOG OBSCURES LOOMING WATER RISK FOR CHINA: THE NEVER-ENDING THIRST OF FOSSIL FUELS....MINING, COAL... http://www.breakingviews.com/smog-obscures-looming-water-risk-for-china/21129863.article

                      -▶  DAMS, ECOCIDE AND WATER RIGHTS -▶ 

                                BIG MONEY DRIVES EXTINCTION

             Indigenous Communities, EcoSystems, Forests Devastated

                                      http://sco.lt/79BRmT

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                                        CHINA AND GLOBAL DAMS

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-▶ CHINA PLANS OVER 300 MEGA DAM PROJECTS WORLDWIDE http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/45330

Truthout, January 05, 2015
-▶ PANAMA CANAL RIVAL:  WORK STARTS IN NICARAGUA AMID FEAR OVER ENVIRONMENT AND ROLE OF CHINA  http://truth-out.org/news/item/28356-panama-canal-rival-work-starts-in-nicaragua-amid-fears-over-environment-and-role-of-china

The Washington Post, December 23, 2014
-▶ WHY THE CHINESE-BACKED NICARAGUA CANAL WILL BE A DISASTER. . http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/12/23/why-the-chinese-backed-nicaragua-canal-may-be-a-disaster/?wpisrc=nl_wv&wpmm=1

June 9, 2013 Mongabay

-▶ DAMNING OUR RIVERS, WRECKING OUR ECOSYSTEMS: CHINA TO BUILD $17 BILLION WORTH OF DAMS IN INDONESIA BORNEO  http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0608-china-borneo-dams.html

April 4, 2013 Karen News
-▶ BURMA ARMY MOVES TANKS IN TO PROTECT CONSTRUCTION OF A CHINESE BACKED MEGA DAM http://karennews.org/2013/04/burma-army-moves-tanks-in-as-its-orders-shan-army-out.html/

Al Jazeera America

▶  INTERACTIVE: CHINA'S AFRICAN SPENDING SPREE - Take a tour of the dams, stadiums, mines and super-highways financed, sometimes controversially, by Beijing http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2014/03/interactive-china-african-spending-spree-2014320121349799136.html

                              COAL BURNING EXACTS A LETHAL PRICE

                                              http://sco.lt/8wLmKX

                                           THE ONLY WAY OUT

                       CHINA TO PRIORITIZE ENVIRONMENT

            OVER ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT IN REVISED LAW

                                            http://sco.lt/51P1sH

                                 WATER IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

                                    THE GLOBAL WATER CRISIS

                                             http://sco.lt/5odgG1

                                                     WATCH

-▶ WHEN THE WATER ENDS: AFRICA'S CLIMATE CONFLICTS http://sco.lt/7zZp7x

30 March 2013 - Guardian Environment

Public urged to help save mammals, birds and insects whose habitats and food supplies have come under pressure...

Britain's continued freezing weather is threatening ever greater numbers of wild animals, birds and insects across the country, experts have warned. The current cold spell – one of the longest on record – is particularly affecting creatures that are already struggling to survive the loss of their habitats and changes in climate.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/30/wildlife-suffering-freezing-weather

March 31, 2013 - The Independent
Too cold for comfort: British weather having a serious effect on wildlife - Many of diminishing Hedgehog population may not wake up from hibernation

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/too-cold-for-comfort-british-weather-having-a-serious-effect-on-wildlife-8555232.html

31 March, 2013 - BBC NATURE - video

This unique and spectacular behaviour has been imitated in various human cultures since the Stone Age and the purpose of such elaborate displays is widely understood to establish and reaffirm long-term pair bonds. But on the occasion that young or single birds dance, for no clear social reasons, scientists become really intrigued.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21944173

                                                       VIDEO: 

                                    A SYMBOL OF FIDELITY

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/adaptations/Courtship_display#p00484mh

March 27, 2013 - The Guardian Environment

Neocotinoids block part of brain bees use for learning. Bees exposed to widely-used pesticides were slow to make or forgot completely the link between floral scents and food.,,,

These effects could make it harder for bees to forage among flowers for food, thereby threatening their survival and reducing the pollination of crops and wild plants.... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/27/pesticide-bees-scent-food-neocotinoid

The Ecologist, January 30, 2014
  -▶ THE CHEMICAL BLITZ OF PESTICIDES IN OUR FIELDS: An ordinary arable field in Sussex is sprayed with pesticides 22 times over a single growing season. Dave Goulson wonders how the bees can survive this toxic onslaught - and exactly who benefits. http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2258103/revealed_the_chemical_blitz_of_pesticides_in_our_fields.html

28 March, 2013 Inter Press Service
USA PESTICIDE APPROVAL PROCESS "GRIEVOUSLY FLAWED"

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a key government regulator, may have been haphazardly approving thousands of pesticides for decades, some of which pose risks to both human and environmental health.

http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/03/u-s-pesticide-approval-process-grievously-flawed/

PESTICIDE LOBBY SPENDS MILLIONS TO DEFEND CHEMICALS TIED TO BEE DEATHS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/29/pesticide-lobby-bees_n_2980870.html

April 11, 2013 Corporate Europe Observatory
PRIVATE LETTERS REVEAL SYNGENTA AND BAYER'S FURIOUS LOBBYING AGAINST BEE PESTICIDE BAN http://corporateeurope.org/publications/pesticides-against-pollinators

April 8, 2013 Earth First
PESTICIDES HAVE KILLED OFF SO MANY BEES, NOW ROBOTIC BEES TO POLLINATE MONSANTO CROPS http://earthfirstnews.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/robotic-bees-to-pollinate-monsanto-crops/

March 1, 2013 - The Salt - NPR
WILD BEES ARE GOOD FOR CROPS, BUT CROP ARE BAD FOR BEES http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/03/01/173167125/wild-bees-are-good-for-crops-but-crops-are-bad-for-bees

March 27, 2013 - BBC NEWS

NEONICOTINOID PESTICIDES 'DAMAGE BRAINS OF BEES' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21958547

EXPOSURE TO CHEMICALS IN FOOD AND PESTICIDES: BREAST CANCER, PARKINSON'S DISEASE, CANCER http://sco.lt/6fMNTFFood Allergies, Cancer, Ill Health Linked to Pesticides | @scoopit http://sco.lt/4megAz

27 March, 3013 Science Now
BEES NEED THEIR BRAINS TO BUZZ EACH OTHER, BUT NOT THE WAY YOU THINK  http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/03/bees-buzz-each-other-but-not-the.html?ref=em

SAVE THE BEES, SAVE THE BERRIES, SAVE ME  http://sco.lt/89uHUv

MONARCH BUTTERFLY MIGRATION PLUNGES - THE PERFECT STORM - GMO CROPS, PESTICIDES AND EXTREME WEATHER  http://sco.lt/4p2esz

DOMESTICATED AND WILD BEES ARE BOTH IN TROUBLE - PESTICIDE INDUSTRY IN DENIAL http://sco.lt/95yplJ

COULD DISAPPEARING WILD INSECTS TRIGGER A GLOBAL CROP CRISIS? BENEFICIAL POLLINATORS, BEES AND PESTICIDES http://sco.lt/9Id8RV

COMMONLY USED HERBICIDES SEEN AS THREAT TO ENDANGERED BUTTERFLIES AND OTHER POLLINATORS http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Commonly_used_herbicides_seen_as_threat_to_endangered_butterflies_999.html

NEW CHARGES AGAINST MONSANTO'S ROUND-UP - THE ULTIMATE KILLING MACHINE  http://sco.lt/8iHda5

DOMESTICATED AND WILD BEES ARE BOTH IN TROUBLE - PESTICIDE INDUSTRY IN DENIAL  http://sco.lt/95yplJ

WE NEED OUR BEES HEALTHY - Study: Bees could hold the key to preventing HIV transmission http://sco.lt/5wdlfV

MORE ON BEES AND PESTICIDES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=BEES+PESTICIDES

Uncovering the value of the planet’s hidden treasures. Why there is more to the Earth’s great wild places than just their natural beauty... http://www.bbc.com/future/columns/power-of-nature

                           --- MORE OF MY FAVORITES VIDEOS --

                                                        WATCH

                                      November 30, 2011 NOVA
                    "THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF THE BUTTERFLIES"

Follow the 2,000-mile migration of monarchs to a sanctuary in the highlands of Mexico... http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/journey-butterflies.html

 Program Description
Orange-and-black wings fill the sky as NOVA charts one of nature's most remarkable phenomena: the epic migration of monarch butterflies across North America. To capture a butterfly's point of view, NOVA’s filmmakers used a helicopter, ultralight, and hot-air balloon for aerial views along the transcontinental route. This wondrous annual migration,
... http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/journey-butterflies.html

                                                       WATCH

                            April 10, 2013 NOVA - Four Part Series
-                         ▶  AUSTRALIA: FIRST 4 BILLION YEARS:

One of the strangest landscapes on Earth reveals our planet’s complex history .. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/australia-first-years.html

Program Description
Of all the continents on Earth, none preserves a more spectacular story of our planet's origins than Australia. NOVA's four-part "Australia's First 4 Billion Years" takes viewers on a rollicking adventure from the birth of the Earth to the emergence of the world we know today. With help from host and scientist Richard Smith, we meet titanic dinosaurs and giant kangaroos, sea monsters and prehistoric crustaceans, disappearing mountains and deadly asteroids. Epic in scope, intimate in nature, this is the untold story of the land "down under," the one island continent that has got it all. Join NOVA on the ultimate Outback road trip, an exploration of the history of the planet as seen through the window of the Australian continent... http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/australia-first-years.html

                                                    WATCH

                          July 27, 2011 NOVA (Australia) (55:00)
                                        -▶  "LIZARD KINGS" 

Meet the monitors, the largest, fiercest and craftiest lizards on Earth http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/lizard-kings.html

Program Description
They look like dragons and inspire visions of fire-spitting monsters. But these creatures with their long claws, razor-sharp teeth, and muscular, whip-like tails are actually monitors, the largest lizards now walking the planet. With their acute intelligence, monitors—including the largest of all, the Komodo dragon—are a very different kind of reptile, blurring the line between reptiles and mammals. Thriving on Earth essentially unchanged since the time of the dinosaurs, they are a very successful species, versatile at adapting to all kinds of settings. This program looks at what makes these long-tongued reptiles so similar to mammals and what has allowed them to become such unique survivors... http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/nature/lizard-kings.html

March 13, 2013 -Deutsche Welle: Environment & Development »

The rush around the world to plant crops used to produce biofuel has not only sparked a global food vs. fuel debate, but it’s also putting biodiversity at risk.... http://www.dw.de/biofuels-boom-threatens-to-disrupt-global-biodiversity/a-16665847

MORE ON BIOFUELS http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=BIOFUELS

ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT: GazetteNet, November 5, 2013

-▶  BIO-ETHANOL FUEL: THE SECRET DIRTY COST OF OBAMA'S GREEN POWER PUSH.  Five million acres of land set aside for conservation — more than Yellowstone, Everglades and Yosemite National Parks combined — have vanished on Obama’s watch. Landowners filled in wetlands. They plowed into pristine prairies, releasing carbon dioxide that had been locked in the soil. Sprayers pumped out billions of pounds of fertilizer, some of which seeped into drinking water, contaminated rivers and worsened the huge dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico where marine life can’t survive. ... 15 million more acres of corn were planted last year than before the ethanol boom http://www.gazettenet.com/home/9190243-95/the-secret-dirty-cost-of-obamas-green-power-push

Alternet, October 21, 2014
-▶ WILL OUR NATIONAL FORESTS BE SACRIFICED TO THE BIOMASS INDUSTRY? The U.S. Forest Service wants to sell our forests for fuel in the name of wildfire reduction. http://www.alternet.org/environment/will-national-forests-be-sacrificed-biomass-industry

Ecowatch, October 20, 2014
-▶ PUBLIC FORESTS SACRIFICED TO THE BIOMASS INDUSTRY http://ecowatch.com/2014/10/20/national-forests-sacrificed-biomass-industry/

30 March, 2013 - About My Planet

Here’s some bad news for USA anglers and those who enjoy a fish meal. A recent study has found that nearly 40% of the freshwater fish to be found in North America are in serious trouble and if action is not taken to protect them, they may soon disappear. In 1989 there were 364 types of fish that were found to be in danger of disappearing. Today the number is 700, an increase of 92% in 19 years! These 700 types are broken up into:
230 are vulnerable to further dangerous decrease in their numbers
190 are facing a major threat to their existence and
380 are already seriously endangered.
In addition 61 types of fish are thought to now be extinct... http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/environment/fishing-troubled-waters/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Aboutmyplanetcom+%28aboutMyPlanet.com%29

Jan 13, 2013 - All Animal Rights

GIRAFFE KILLING SPREES FOR ALL THE FAMILY

Family Fun.  The giraffe hunters who pay 10,000 pounds to shoot the gentle giants with gun and bows for sport.... http://allanimalrights.com/giraffe-killing-sprees-for-all-the-family/

Radio Australia, December 04, 2014
 -▶ GIRAFFE POPULATION 40% DECLINE HAS CONSERVATION GROUPS RINGING ALARM BELLS http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2014-12-04/giraffe-population-decline-has-conservation-groups-ringing-alarm-bells/1395837

                                                           VIDEO

                                     Motherboard, August 15, 2014
 -▶ LEAKED VIDEO SHOWS EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG WITH BIG GAME HUNTING http://motherboard.vice.com/read/leaked-animal-abuse-video-shows-everything-thats-wrong-with-big-game-hunting

                   GUNS, GUNS AND MORE GUNS -- FOR KILLING --

VIDEO
TROPHY & CANNED HUNTING

Elephants, rhinos, lions, leopards, Tigers For Trophy Hunting

http://sco.lt/6aXUSP

------ MASS WOLF KILLINGS ARE BASED ON THE MOST CYNICAL OF PREMISES http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3995194186/mass-wolf-killings-are-based-on-the-most-cynical-of-premises

------WILDLIFE POACHING KILLING AT ALL TIME HIGH http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=poaching

------ANIHILATING OUR PRECIOUS WILDLIFE http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3995140806/a-world-without-elephants-unbearable