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Biden Urged to 'Be the Hero' to Save American Bumblebee From Extinction

An American bumblebee.

'Nature Is Under Siege': Scientists Sound Alarm About Insect Apocalypse

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A dragonfly sits in reedbeds on the Isle of Grain on August 31, 2016 in Isle of Grain, England. (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

The lead author of the new research package notes that insects "are absolutely the fabric by which Mother Nature and the tree of life are built."

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Tests Reveal Toxic 'Forever Chemicals' in Aerial Pesticide Showered Over Millions of Acres in US

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A plane sprays pesticide over the Wynwood neighborhood in the hope of controlling and reducing the number of mosquitos, some of which may be capable of spreading the Zika virus on August 6, 2016 in Miami, Florida. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

"These findings shock the conscience."

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EPA Sued for 'Once Again Putting Corporate Interests Over Public Health or the Environment' by Reapproving Herbicide Atrazine

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A red-legged frog sits in a backyard pond in Washington state. The herbicide atrazine, common in the U.S. but banned many other places, is linked to hermaphroditic amphibians as well as various harmful health effects in humans. (Photo: Dan Dzurisin/flickr/cc)

"We're not going to just stand by and watch another generation get poisoned by...

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Brad Rose looks at rows of soybean plants that show signs of having been affected by dicamba use on August 9, 2017. He doesn't use it on his crops and he's assured by neighbors within a mile and a half that they haven't used it either. According to him, that means that the chemical had to travel about two miles to reach his crops. (Photo: The Washington Post)

Despite Court Ruling and Drift Concerns, EPA Approves Use of Dicamba Products on Soybeans and Cotton for Five Years

The Environmental Protection Agency is ignoring scientific evidence of the harm of the neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos—including from its own researchers—and delaying a decision on the chemical's use. (Photo: Getty Images)

Rejecting Scientific Evidence of Harm to Children's Brains, Trump EPA OKs Continued Use of Chlorpyrifos

Atrazine is mostly use on corn, according to Civil Eats, "but also on sorghum, sugarcane, and a few other crops, as well as on golf courses, Christmas tree farms, and in residential landscaping." (Photo: TumblingRun/flickr/cc)

Trump EPA Denounced for 'Disgusting' Decision on Atrazine, Herbicide Tied to Birth Defects

Organic farming has brought environmental benefits—healthier soils, freedom from toxic pesticides and herbicides—to 6.5 million acres in the U.S. (Photo: Jeff K/Flickr)

Groundbreaking Study Shows Organic Diets Drastically Lower Dietary Toxins

Democratic Bill Banning Toxic Pesticides in US Applauded as 'Much-Needed' Step to Protect Kids and the Planet

A Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farmer works on his field in Ghent, Belgium on May 21, 2020.

Fridays for Future Europe Calls for Transforming Agricultural Policy to Tackle the Climate Crisis

A red admiral butterfly stands on a flower in an urban garden in the city center on August 9, 2018 in Berlin.

'Silent Spring Is Already Here': Global Study Shows Nearly 25% Drop in Insect Population Over 30 Years

Locust nymphs aggregated on the ground at a hatch site near Isiolo town in eastern Kenya on Feb. 25, 2020

'Unprecedented Threat' for East Africa as Larger Second Wave of Locust Crisis Arrives Amid Pandemic

With Nation Distracted by Public Health and Economic Crises, Trump Moves to Allow GMO Crops in Wildlife Refuges

Locusts swarm from ground vegetation

'A Scourge of Biblical Proportions': UN Leaders Sound Alarm on East Africa Locust Crisis in Call for Global Response

Brad Rose looks at rows of soybean plants that show signs of having been affected by Dicamba use on Aug 9, 2017

'Victory for Farmers' as Jury Awards Grower $265 Million in Damages From Drift of Monsanto's Dicamba

ground beetle on a plant

Save the Insects, Save Ourselves: Researchers Sound Alarm on Bugpocalypse

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Earthjustice

Over 100 Organizations Urge Biden to Ban Chlorpyrifos

Center for Food Safety

Farmers, Conservation Groups Challenge EPA’s Unlawful Re-approval of Dangerous, Drift-Prone Dicamba Pesticide

Earthjustice

Groups Challenge EPA’s Move To Gut Pesticide Spraying Safeguards

People's Action

Democrats Will Continue to Lose Rural Voters With Vilsack Appointment

Center for Food Safety

Legal Challenge Filed to Push By EPA, Pesticide Industry to Keep Bee-Killing Pesticide on Market

Center for Food Safety

Center for Food Safety Decries EPA Proposed Interim Decision on Brain-Damaging Pesticide Chlorpyrifos

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Timothy A. Wise

Mexico's Decision to Ban Glyphosate Has Rocked the Agribusiness World

Johanna von Braun

Biden's Efforts on Climate Is a Start—But What About Including Biodiversity?

Krissy Kasserman, Amanda Claire Starbuck

Tom Vilsack’s Cozy Relationship With Big Ag Makes Him A Non-Starter at USDA

Jim Hightower, Jane Kleeb

Make USDA 'The People’s Department' Again

Million Belay, Timothy A. Wise

Africa at the Crossroads: Time to Abandon Failing Green Revolution

Vandana Shiva

Poisons Mean Extinction: For Bees and Humanity

Jon Hinck

Johnathan Hettinger

Jury Awards $265M in Damages in Dicamba Trial Against Monsanto, BASF

Carey Gillam

It’s Farmer v. Monsanto in Court Fight Over Dicamba Herbicide

Million Belay, Timothy A. Wise

The Battle for the Future of Food in Africa