(MintPress) – The world is on the precipice of a major food crisis. As the world’s population balloons, the global grains supply has stagnated or declined, according to the research article “Recent patterns of crop yield growth and stagnation,” published by Nature Communications and written in cooperation of the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the […]
(MintPress) – The world is on the precipice of a major food crisis. As the world’s population balloons, the global grains supply has stagnated or declined, according to the research article “Recent patterns of crop yield growth and stagnation,” published by Nature Communications and written in cooperation of the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the […]
Once again, the American right wing has vomited forth racist accusations that President Obama, who just thumped conservatives in the recent election, doesn’t really have American interests at heart. On Thursday, Texas Republican Louie Gohmert announced on a conservative radio program that Obama orchestrated Gadhafi’s ouster from Libya so “al-Qaida and the Muslim Brotherhood could take […]
Once again, the American right wing has vomited forth racist accusations that President Obama, who just thumped conservatives in the recent election, doesn’t really have American interests at heart. On Thursday, Texas Republican Louie Gohmert announced on a conservative radio program that Obama orchestrated Gadhafi’s ouster from Libya so “al-Qaida and the Muslim Brotherhood could take […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress — “I call upon the people of the United States to celebrate the achievements of women and recommit ourselves to the goal of gender equality in this country,” proclaimed President Obama in recognizing Aug. 26 as “Women’s Equality Day.” It is the 91st anniversary of the Constitutional amendment that granted women the […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress — “I call upon the people of the United States to celebrate the achievements of women and recommit ourselves to the goal of gender equality in this country,” proclaimed President Obama in recognizing Aug. 26 as “Women’s Equality Day.” It is the 91st anniversary of the Constitutional amendment that granted women the […]
The latest book by science and environment author Fred Pearce is a breezy waltz through a key global problem that has yet to register with most people. In 2008, food prices around the world spiked, tipping many on the edges of poverty into crisis. But the rise in the cost of food also focused the […]
The latest book by science and environment author Fred Pearce is a breezy waltz through a key global problem that has yet to register with most people. In 2008, food prices around the world spiked, tipping many on the edges of poverty into crisis. But the rise in the cost of food also focused the […]
(MintPress) – Safety lapses occurring at United States nuclear power plants in 2011 were often due to plant owners and regulatory authority knowing of but failing to address issues, according to a report released Tuesday by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). The report comes on the heels of an announcement to build, for the first time since 1978, […]
(MintPress) – Safety lapses occurring at United States nuclear power plants in 2011 were often due to plant owners and regulatory authority knowing of but failing to address issues, according to a report released Tuesday by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). The report comes on the heels of an announcement to build, for the first time since 1978, […]
