After Decades of Discrimination, US Farm Workers Get Pesticide Protections
Common Dreams Environmental Protection Agency creates new rules giving equal protection against pesticides to farm workers. Story here.
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Shell Abandons Alaska Arctic Drilling
theguardian Oil giant’s US president says hugely controversial drilling operations off Alaska will stop for ‘foreseeable future’ as drilling finds little oil and gas. Story here.
Are Plant Infection Rates Increasing For Crops?
Grainews Prairie farmers are spending more time and money on disease prevention than ever before. Story here.
Organic Farm Sales Soar in the US
Common Dreams Organic onions on their way to market. PinP photo. "We need a higher rate of growth in order to get close to meeting the demand," said Laura Batcha, chief of the Organic Trade Association. Story here.
Million-Liter Cyanide Spill in Argentina Highlights Canadian Mining Crimes
Common Dreams 'They cannot continue to handle affairs that are so delicate, that affect the environment and people this way.' Details here.