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State Of The Climate Report

The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration - or NOAA - has come out with its Annual State Of The Climate report - and things don’t look good for Planet Earth.

As the report explains - 2015 was a record-shattering year for the climate in all the worst possible ways.

Are We Looking At A Mass Extinction Event?

If you or someone you know needs proof that global climate change is real and is happening before our very eyes, you could go to the "State of the Climate Report" put together by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Microplastics May Be Be Contaminating The Air We Breathe

According to environmental health experts, Microplastics, the curse of beaches, oceans, waterways and aquatic life everywhere, might also be contaminating the air we breathe.

How One GMO Nearly Took Down The Planet…

On Friday, President Barack Obama signed bill S.764 into law, dealing a major blow to the movement to require GMO labeling.

The new law, called the "Deny Americans the Right to Know" (DARK) Act by food safety groups, has at least three key parts in it that undermine Vermont's popular GMO labeling bill and make it nearly impossible for you and me to know what's in our food.

Signs of the Coming Economic Crash

Eight years after the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, the economy is doing much better in many important ways.

Grim News - CO2 Concentration Teetering On Point Of No Return

We start at Cape Grim in Australia - where an atmospheric measuring station is picking up atmospheric CO2 levels that are on the verge of breaking 400 parts per million for the first time in human history.

Trump Gets His Talking Points from Storm Front

Donald Trump’s call on Russia to hack and release Hillary Clinton’s deleted emails was one of the stranger moments in what’s been one of the stranger campaigns in American history.

It was a sign that Trump is either stupid or trying to join the Ronald Reagan/Richard Nixon club of Republicans who have betrayed their country to get elected president.

Hedge Fund Managers' Outrageous Compensation

CommonDreams.org is reporting on the outrageous compensation Hedge Fund Managers are getting.

New rankings show the top 25 managers had combined earnings of $12.94 billion in 2015.

Can Mushrooms Treat Depression?

Looks like it.

The Imperial College London, in a study gave patients psilocybin, a hallucinogenic chemical found in the mushrooms.

Can Food Preparation Conveyor Belt Plastic Make Your Baby Fat?

According to a new study published in the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP), a chemical commonly used in the food manufacturing process, can increase fat storage in the body even before birth.

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