Tell NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli to Divest State Funds from Fossil Fuels! A landmark report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was released on Monday, showing how dire our world could become if we don’t reduce our global … Read More
Posts tagged: #Save the bees
Take Action: Tell the EPA Not to Allow Radiation in Drinking Water; Ban the Insecticides Killing Our Bees; Tell Food Companies to Reject the GE Apple
Tell the EPA Not to Allow Radiation in Drinking Water The EPA and President Obama are considering raising the acceptable limits of radiation allowed in drinking water after an emergency. These limits are put in place for the public’s safety … Read More
Take Action: Help Bring to Light Research That Could Save the Bees; Stop the Native American Land Grab; Save The Wolves
Help Bring to Light Research That Could Save the Bees The USDA is supposed to protect our food system, not Big Ag’s profits. But instead, it’s working hard to suppress research that could hurt pesticide giants like Bayer and Syngenta. … Read More
Take Action: Tell the EPA to Prevent Chemical Disasters, Step Up and Protect Bees, Tell the EPA: Stop Letting Companies Replace BPA with Other Toxic Chemicals
Tell the EPA to Prevent Chemical Disasters More than 110 million people in the U.S. are close enough to a facility that stores or uses deadly chemicals, like chlorine gas, to be at risk if something unexpected were to happen. … Read More
Take Action: Join the Rally Against Fracking at Cuomo?s State of the State Address, Stop Shell’s 2014 Arctic Drilling Plans Before They Start, It’s Time for Health Canada to Help Save Our Bees
Join the Rally Against Fracking at Cuomo?s State of the State Address! It is absolutely critical that we show Cuomo that New Yorkers do not want fracking! Where is a better place to express this other than his State of … Read More
Take Action: SNAP Nationwide Call-In Day (TODAY, Wednesday December 4th), Deadline December 9th: Tell the USDA You Don?t Want a GMO Apple!, Bees Can’t Wait 5 More Years. And Neither Can We!
SNAP Nationwide Call-In Day (TODAY, Wednesday December 4th) Lawmakers in Congress are negotiating the final version of a farm bill that is likely to include additional reductions to SNAP. Both the House and the Senate have passed farm bills that … Read More
Take Action: Are Your ?Bee-Friendly? Garden Plants Actually Killing Bees?, Tell Dr. Weil: Get the GMOs out of Supplements, Tell Congress to Label GE Food!
Are Your ?Bee-Friendly? Garden Plants Actually Killing Bees? According to a new study, you may be doing more harm than good when planting ?bee-friendly? gardens. Environmental groups Friends of the Earth-US and the Pesticide Research Institute tested a small sample … Read More
In the News: What Would Your Grocery Store Look Like Without Bees, New Study Shows Pig Health Hurt by GMO Feed, Female Farmers on the Rise
What Would Your Grocery Store Look Like Without Bees? Honey bees are to thank for a large percentage of the food available to us. Over 100 crops are pollinated by honeybees, all of which are currently at risk of disappearing. … Read More