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American Honey Bee Numbers Still Dwindling

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Courtesy Science News Honey Bee Colony Losses In U.S. Almost 30 Percent From All Causes From September 2008 To April 2009 Click on headline for more.

Home Depot 's Green Image is Laid Bare. It's a Sham!

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By Gary Hughes, AlterNet. Posted May 27, 2009. The endangered wilderness. Courtesy of "International Rivers." Home Depot is associated with an environmentally destructive project in South America. Just click on headline to read full story. ======

Climate Change Already Causes 300,000 Deaths Yearly

Courtesy of the Huffington Post. MEERA SELVA | May 29, 2009| AP

Climate change summit hijacked by biggest polluters, critics claim

* Terry Macalister * guardian.co.uk, Sunday 24 May 2009 20.25 BST A vital meeting in Copenhagen this weekend that will help shape the agenda for the most important climate change talks since the Kyoto protocol has been hijacked by some of the biggest polluters in the world, critics claimed today. Read more....

H1N1 Virus: The First Legal Action Targets a Pig Farm

Time Magazine - By Bryan Walsh Friday, May. 15, 2009 In an initial step toward what could be the first wrongful-death suit of its kind, Texas resident Steven Trunnell has filed a petition against Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork producer, based in Virginia, and the owner of a massive pig farm in Perote, Mexico, near the village of La Gloria, where the earliest cases of the new H1N1 flu were detected. Trunnell filed the petition in his home state on behalf of his late wife, Judy Dominguez Trunnell, the 33-year-old special-education teacher who on May 4 became the first U.S. resident to die of H1N1 flu. Read more here.... Also read related article here...

Corporate Agriculture to Blame for Hundreds of Thousands of Farmer Suicides in India

By Tara Lohan, AlterNet. Posted May 20, 2009. Vandana Shiva says industrial agriculture has left Indian farmers indebted and destitute, and explains how to stem the tide of suicides. ====== Comment: Hi Larry: Sad, sad; on the other hand, I strongly believe that Corporates are the ultimate source of the Pollution that is bestowed upon Planet Earth and Our Environment. It has tennacles that reach out to every source of money, with our Governments blessings !! Regards, Joe Leschyshn

Global Auto Industry Slams on Brakes - Fuel Economy Takes Centre Stage

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Vital Signs Media Alert The global financial downturn has driven an auto-industry crisis that saw production and sales of passenger cars and light vehicles decline by 4 and 5 percent respectively in 2008. Photo: Yoshikazu Tsuno / AFP Projections suggest that both production and sales will drop even more dramatically in 2009, with 10 million fewer vehicles rolling off assembly lines than in 2007. A new snapshot of vehicle production trends from Worldwatch Institute includes fuel economy data as well as sales data for the largest producer countries, revealing that: · New cars made in Japan and Europe go farthest on a gallon of gas, achieving more than 40 miles per gallon on average, while Japan is planning to reach 47 mpg by 2015. · As of 2008, only 1.5 percent of light-duty vehicles sold in the United States had a reasonably high fuel efficiency at 35 mpg, but the Obama administration has announced that it will push standards to 39 mpg for cars by 2016 and 35.5 mpg for car