Take on Toxics

Pesticides are disappearing from croplands, orchards and hardware stores in a major shift toward more sustainable agriculture.

Duke Energy, responsible for a massive coal ash spill in North Carolina last year, is finally opening up about pollution and structural problems at its other ash ponds nationwide, but the truth may need some more coaxing.

Ben & Jerry’s joins other Vermont businesses and consumer groups in defending Vermont’s new labeling requirements for genetically engineered foods against a federal court challenge brought by the food industry.

Because of lax labeling requirements, the public is left in the dark about hazardous pesticide ingredients.