Simona posted this on
February 23rd, 2010
After last week’s snowstorms many people may look at this picture of my backyard and ask- how could this possibly be global warming? If the earth was really getting warmer why would we have blizzards all over the country? All I can say to these people is Oy! I don’t understand why this is such [...]
Simona posted this on
February 21st, 2010
Good news on the hydraulic fracturing front!!! Congress is launching an investigation into the environmental impacts effects of the practice of hydraulic fracturing. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif (who has been a major champion of health care and environmental issues) released a statement this week that the House Committee on Energy and Commerce will be spearheading [...]
Simona posted this on
February 18th, 2010
I have already blogged about mountaintop mining but at the request of the Rainforest Action Network I am using this day to bring attention to this major environmental issue. RAN has put out a request to bloggers and tweeters to use their social media outlets today to ask JP Morgan Chase to stop bankrolling mountaintop [...]
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February 11th, 2010
I apologize for the hiatus but I am back! Here is a new post- sorry for being remiss.
If you’re familiar with American agricultural policy then the name Monsanto should not be new to you. If you are an agricultural policy novice let me introduce you. Monsanto is a huge biotechnology corporation that is the leader [...]