Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is the process of injecting toxic chemicals at enormous pressure into subterranean rocks in order to open fissures and extract oil. This of course results in the polluting of the water and also...
Read MoreOur current agricultural model began after WW2 when chemical companies expanded into the agricultural field. Excess bomb making material became synthetic fertilizer. Nerve gas became insecticide. One such company was Monsanto....
Read MoreAfter the completion of the Western American railways, the railroad companies were ceded vast amounts of the western forests by the U.S. government as payment. The devastation of the forests began soon afterwards. But they still...
Read MoreBenton County in Southeast Washington is home to the Hanford nuclear power plant named after a Seattle judge. In 1943 thousands of workers were hired to build the facility touted as the world’s first plutonium production...
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