Category: Environmental

Unforeseen Consequences: The Death of Trees

Our Score It’s autumn here in the nation’s capital, and that means that in a normal year, trees would be bursting with color, the air would turn crisp, and harvest apples and seasonal apple products would fill store shelves. Except…

Fukushima Backlash Hits Japan Prime Minister

Our Score Nuclear power may never recover its cachet as a clean energy source, irrespective of safety concerns, because of the ongoing saga of meltdown 3/11/11 at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Over time, the story only grows more horrific,…

“Safe” Zika pesticide nukes millions of bees

Our Score Jon Rappoport Millions of bees have just died in South Carolina, because Dorchester County officials decided to attack Zika mosquitoes from the air, from planes, with a pesticide called Naled. The Washington Post reports, in an article headlined:…