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Save the Insects, Save the Farmers, Save Ourselves: New Global Report Calls for End of Industrial Agriculture
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'Silent Spring Is Already Here': Global Study Shows Nearly 25% Drop in Insect Population Over 30 Years
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A red admiral butterfly stands on a flower in an urban garden in the city center on August 9, 2018 in Berlin.
"We keep getting clear signs that the way we live and the actions we take are having severe consequences."
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With Nation Distracted by Public Health and Economic Crises, Trump Moves to Allow GMO Crops in Wildlife Refuges
Julia Conley, staff writer
"Only the Trump administration would aggressively promote the use of crops...
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Save the Insects, Save Ourselves: Researchers Sound Alarm on Bugpocalypse
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
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New papers detail severe threats facing insects, how their plight is...
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'Consistent With a Mass Extinction': New Study Warns Climate Chaos Driving Rapid Decline of Bumblebees
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'Because Insects Are Key to Our Own Survival,' 73 Scientists Unveil Global Roadmap to Battle Bugpocalypse
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Conservationist Warns 'Unnoticed Apocalypse' of Insects 'Should Set Alarms Ringing'
People cycle as the sun sets on Lake Shinji in Matsue, Shimane prefecture on July 25, 2008.
'Landmark New Research' Links Neonics With Collapse of Fisheries
Not Just the Bees, First-of-Its-Kind Study Shows Neonics May Be Killing Birds Too
"It is inappropriate for EPA to solely rely on industry studies to justify bringing sulfoxaflor back into our farm fields," said Michele Colopy of the Pollinator Stewardship Council, a party to the suit. "Die-offs of tens of thousands of bee colonies continue to occur and sulfoxaflor plays a huge role in this problem. EPA is harming not just the beekeepers, their livelihood, and bees, but the nation’s food system." (Photo: Ashraf Amra/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
US Beekeepers File Suit Against Trump EPA Charging 'Illegal' Approval of Insecticide Linked to Mass Die-Off
Protesters hold balloons on January 20, 2018 in Berlin during a demonstration under the slogan "We are fed up" against agricultural politics and the use of glyphosate, dumping exports and for sustainable agriculture.
Because 'A World Without Insects Is Not Worth Living In,' Germany Announces Plan to Ban Glyphosate
Honeybees, essential pollinators, are under threat due to a new Trump administration rule allowing widespread use of a dangerous pesticide.
Groups Sue Trump's EPA in Response to 'Nauseating' Approval of Bee-Killing Pesticide
A protester holds dead bees
Bolsonaro Greenlights New Pesticides Even as Advocates Mourn Half Billion Dead Bees in Brazil
The Trump administration's budget cuts have led to a suspension of the USDA's tracking of honey bee populations.
USDA Indefinitely Suspends Honey Bee Tracking Survey as States Get Approval to Use Bee-Killing Pesticide
'Terrifying': Rapid Loss of Biodiversity Placing Global Food Supplies at Risk of 'Irreversible Collapse'
Aurelia Skipwith
Trump Nominates Ex-Monsanto Exec to 'Help the Most Anti-Environmental Administration in History Do Even More Damage'

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Buycott: Because You Are What You Eat/Wear/Buy
A new (free) smartphone app lets you scan products at the store to see if they're made by companies you support or abhor, complete with corporate family trees to see if they lead back to the Koch empire. With a wide array of user-created campaigns, from protecting bees and cutting ALEC funding ties to a host of anti-Monsanto campaigns.
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Center for Biological Diversity
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Approval of Bee-killing Pesticide, GE Crop Uses on National Wildlife Refuges
Earthjustice
Trump’s EPA Said This Bee-killing Insecticide Is Safe, Now Beekeepers Are Suing
Center for Food Safety
Lawsuit Challenges Trump EPA’s 200 Million-Acre Expansion of Bee-Killing Pesticide
Friends of the Earth
Protesters Launch Countdown to Extinction at Kroger Annual Meeting
Friends of the Earth
Customers to Demand Kroger Stop Selling Food Grown With Bee-killing Pesticides
Friends of the Earth
Vermont Passes Bill to Reduce Bee-Killing Pesticides
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