The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under President Obama have repeatedly refused protection to endangered species. Utah native plants such as Frisco Buckwheat, Ostler’s peppergrass, and Frisco clover are just three species that have been recently denied the Endangered Species Act protection. Instead, the plants have been determined “warranted but precluded” and placed on a [...]
The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California called on Sheriffs across California to end costly and harmful practices that target immigrant communities. The call accompanies a report highlighting personal stories, cost data and proposals to protect public safety while reducing the fiscal and human costs of local enforcement practices. The report is informed by [...]
The Argentine Government says a U.S. Air Force jet was found to be carrying a number of items, including, weapons, drugs, and spying devices, without proper clearance. Police and customs officials at the Buenos Aires-based international airport seized 1,000 cubic feet of material that wasn’t included on a list that the U.S. provided to the [...]
The Obama administration has distributed out billions of dollars in stimulus money to some of the nation’s biggest polluters and granted exemptions from basic environmental errors. The administration’s main goal in Energy Secretary Steven Chu words was to “get the money out and spent as quickly as possible”. They are trying to boost the economy [...]
The US is stoking worldwide inflation in order to lower its outstanding debt by repaying creditors with depreciated dollars This is done through a process called quantitative easing, lowering the value of the dollar. Washington is flooding financial markets with $600 billion, hoping that this monopoly money will bring America out of recession. At a [...]
The TV spared no detail about the personal lives of these miners, telling the world about some of their most intimate secrets. The emotional side of this rescue has been exploited, in order to mask the questions about the cause of this disaster. Multi-billionaire Sebastian Pinera had maintained a mine with recorded safety violations. However, [...]
Rock material from cuttings where natural gas was drilled from the Marcellus Shale formation in Pennsylvania is being hauled to New York to the Chemung County Landfill. These cuttings are naturally radioactive and the Chemung Landfill is not a licensed area for radioactive waste material. Citizens in the community are being exposed to radioactive waste [...]
On April 5, 2009, President Obama made a speech declaring “clearly and with conviction America’s commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons”. Exactly a year later, administration released the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), which instead of pushing away from nuclear weapons, it appears that Obama’s policy is in fact [...]
An invasive species of predatory shrimp has been found in the UK for the first time. The finding of this type of species has detrimental influences on the environment and ecosystem in which it lives and survives off of. The predatory Dikerogammarus villosus, the name for this shrimp, alters the ecology of habitats it invades [...]
Ontario has cancelled its “special diet allowance”, taking money from the poor and literally taking food out of their mouths. The elimination of this program was initiated when government officials insisted that “the poor were taking advantage of the special diet program”. This program offers food assistance of up to $250 a month for people [...]
