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Our Vanishing World: Birds
By Robert J. Burrowes At the beginning of the nineteenth century, it is estimated that the total number of passenger pigeons in the United States was about three billion birds. The bird was immensely abundant, as illustrated by this passage … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Crime, culture, Environment, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Technology, war
Tagged Biodiversity, Birds, Climate Change, Dr. Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Ecology, environment, Extinction, habitat destruction, Herbicides, Insects, Neonicotinoids, passenger pigeons, Pesticides, Philosophy, plastics, poaching, psychology, radiation, Socialization, Sociology, Violence, war, wildlife trafficking
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Junk Planet: Is Earth the Largest Garbage Dump in the Universe?
By Robert J. Burrowes Is Earth the largest garbage dump in the Universe? I don’t know. But it’s a safe bet that Earth would be a contender were such a competition to be held. Let me explain why. To start, … Continue reading
Posted in Consumerism, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Environment, GMOs, Health, media, Militarization, Philosophy, Science, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Air Pollution, antibiotics, Big Agra, Big Pharma, Climate Change, corporate news, Corporations, Deforestation, Dystopia, Earth, environment, Fracking, Fukushima, Genetic Engineering, geoengineering, Glyphosate, GMOs, Groundwater Contamination, Health, Microwaves, Military, Military Waste, Monsanto, Nanoparticles, Nuclear Waste, Pacific Garbage Patch, Pesticides, Plastic, pollution, Processed Foods, radiation, Soil Contamination, Space Junk, Toxic Waste, Vaccines, Water pollution
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Fukushima: The Curse That Keeps on Cursing
Today The Internet Post brought to my attention a series of updates on Fukushima that paints a grim picture of the scope of ongoing radiation hazards (a story which gets relatively little coverage in corporate news outlets). On this clip … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Corporate Crime, Energy, Environment, news, Privatization, Science, society, Technology
Tagged AJ Floyd, Fukushima, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Japan, Pacific Ocean, Plant, radiation, radiation sickness, Radioactive decay, Tepco, The Internet Post, Tokyo Electric Power Company, Water pollution
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