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Progressive Sweden: Professor calls for forcing Dog and Cat Pets to become Vegans
Hyper-progressive Sweden is a bastion of environmentalism and veganism, but a Swedish professor is now drawing ridicule for suggesting that pet owners should feed their dogs a vegetarian diet, all in the name of saving the planet.
Reducing CO2 emissions and recycling packaging have long been understood as important steps towards curbing climate change. However, the environmental lobby has recently...
France government to 1 million protesters: "WE HEAR YOU, WE JUST DON'T CARE!"
There are lots of happenings in France at the moment. President Macron, already in the dumpster of approval ratings, in what appears to be an attempt to sink yet lower, has imposed a tax hike on already rising diesel prices in France.
The French people are outraged and on Saturday, began their ‘Yellow Vest’ protests. Quite possibly one of the largest protests to date as it’s estimated that 300,000...
Macron out of control? One million people protest against new fuel tax and block roads
Today one million French working class people are blocking roads and are protesting against the increase of the price of Diesel, which is the most commonly used fuel in French cars, because of its cheap price, which is not so cheap anymore.
Over the past 12 months Macron’s government increased its price by 20 per cent by taxing it more and more to combat climate change and pollution. Their goal...
China Identified as Source of Ozone-Destroying CFC-11 Despite Worldwide Ban
China’s foam-blowing industry has been identified as the source of a dramatic increase in the ozone-destroying CFC-11 chemical, despite a worldwide ban on the production and use of that chemical, a new environmental report has revealed.
An investigation carried out by the UK-based NGO Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) said that 18 companies in 10 Chinese provinces confirmed their use of CFC-11...
German cities BAN Diesel cars, entire Europe to follow suit
As everybody knows Germany is the unofficial ruler of Europe and whatever that communist/childless/Godless/evil/tyrannical/harlot riding the 7 headed beast Merkel dictates, will follow suit throughout the entire European continent. So Merkel Satan has spoken! Diesel cars will now be outlawed! If they really give a shit about nature and polution an d whatever, (THEY DON’T) why won’t they...
Plastic Found In Mussels From Arctic to China, Enters Human Food
Tiny bits of plastic are contaminating mussels from the European Arctic to China in a sign of the global spread of ocean pollution that can end up on people’s dinner plates.
Mussels in apparently pristine Arctic waters had most plastic of any tested along the Norwegian coast, according to a study this month by the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA).
Plastics may be getting swept north...
Radioactive Cloud Floating Over Europe Is Nothing to Worry About, Experts Say
Don’t mind the cloud of radioactive pollution floating over Europe – it’s harmless, the French nuclear safety institute IRSN said Thursday.
Officials in Europe said they began detecting unusually high levels of ruthenium 106, a radioactive atom that does not occur naturally, near France in the last week of September.
The IRSN immediately “mobilized all its means of radiological monitoring...
9 Million People Killed Worldwide by Pollution in 2015, 2.5mn in India and 1.8mn in China
Deaths caused by pollution topped 9 million in 2015, or three times the figure from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined, and almost 15 times as many as war and other forms of violence, scientists say.
The alarm was sounded in Thursday’s report by The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, an international group of over 40 authors writing on health and environment.
One in six premature...
US judge denies bail for detained Volkswagen executive
Volkswagen executive Oliver Schmidt, a defendant in the emissions criminal case involving the carmaker, will remain in jail after bail was denied. US Judge William Turnoff rejected his bail application as Schmidt could flee home to Germany.
“I am concerned that he is a citizen of a country that does not have an extradition treaty with the US,” the judge said at a hearing.
Schmidt’s lawyers said...
EU Bullies 7 countries on car pollution, wants more taxes and regulations
If the EU cares so much about the environment, they why aren’t they banning oil-based fuel and forcefully adopt water-based engines?? Because they don’t care! They couldn’t give a small tiny piece of sh*t about the environment or about YOU, the citizen! Basically its all about 2 things: making billions in taxes and destroying our industry while helping the third world, so they can...
Volkswagen Finds New Fuel Consumption Fault
Volkswagen has uncovered yet another software problem affecting its vehicles’ fuel consumption.
Volkswagen has uncovered yet another software problem affecting its vehicles’ fuel consumption, German media reported Thursday, adding to a massive pollution cheating scandal that has engulfed the auto giant.
“Volkswagen has new software problems, including one that has a direct impact...
Energy Department Smashes Pumpkins for Causing Climate Change
How scary are your jack-o’-lanterns? Scarier than you think, according to the Energy Department, which claims the holiday squash is responsible for unleashing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Most of the 1.3 billion pounds of pumpkins produced in the U.S. end up in the trash, says the Energy Department’s website, becoming part of the “more than 254 million tons of municipal solid waste...
Four More Carmakers Join Diesel Emissions Row
Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Mazda and Mitsubishi’s cars are shown to emit significantly more NOx pollution on the road than in regulatory tests.
Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Mazda and Mitsubishi have joined the growing list of manufacturers whose diesel cars are known to emit significantly more pollution on the road than in regulatory tests, according to data obtained by the Guardian.
In more realistic on-road...
EPA May Have Intentionally Polluted Animas River
Before the EPA polluted the Animas River, a retired geologist revealed the agency was likely looking for an excuse to build a multi-million dollar water treatment plant in nearby Silverton, Colorado.
The geologist, Dave Taylor, wrote a July 30 editorial that predicted the EPA’s plugging plan, which ultimately led to the Aug. 6 spill, would fail and the agency would likely use the failure to seek...
Monsanto sued over Spokane River contamination in Washington
Struggling with the pollution of the Spokane River, a town in the state of Washington is taking agrochemical giant Monsanto to court for selling chemicals that endanger human health and the environment, despite it allegedly having known of the hazard for decades.
The lawsuit, filed in a US District Court in Spokane, Washington, holds Monsanto accountable for pollutants flowing into the 111 miles (179...