Ecuador Oil Spill Pollutes Amazon Tributary

June 5, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Ecuador Oil Spill Pollutes Amazon Tributary QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuador's state oil company resumed pumping through the country's main pipeline on Tuesday, four days after it was damaged by a landslide. But crude spilled by the accident reached tributaries of the Amazon River and polluted drinking water for a regional capital far downstream. Continue reading... Oklahoma Death Toll Rises To 20 Why Is TransCanada Digging Up, Rebuilding Keystone? Monsanto: GMO Wheat Was An Isolated Occurrence The Widest Tornado On Record Kansas Farmer Sues Monsanto Texas Farmer Stung To Death By Terrifying Killer Swarm Ecuador Oil Spill Pollutes Amazon Tributary WATCH: Cicada Time-Lapse Video Will Make You Cry WATCH: Adorable Kid Realizes Where Meat Comes From 9 Farmers Markets Every Food Lover Should Visit JOHN WEISTART The Anti-Tesla Campaign: Where Is That Old-Tyme Free Market Fervor The question before the North Carolina legislature, then, is actually quite straightforward. Should innovation, competition and consumer choice thrive, or is protecting the profits of special interests a higher priority? Continue reading... MIA MACDONALD What's the Connection to China's and the U.S.' Pigs and the Smithfield-Shuanghui Deal? Similar to the pattern in the U.S., animal agriculture in China is becoming more vertically integrated, with large corporations increasingly owning not just factory-farm facilities, but also slaughterhouses and feed companies. Continue reading... JANE S. SMITH Public Park, Public Oasis, Public Unrest The fact that I share the space with thousands of strangers is a source of pleasure, not regret. No single person can give a garden the attention it demands or the appreciation it deserves. Continue reading... JANE_COHEN World Environment Day and the Rights Connection Around the world, real impact on environmental degradation cannot be achieved without protecting human rights. The issues are inseparable. Continue reading... CINDY SHOGAN Oil-Thirsty Republicans Attempt to Open Protected Lands and Waters The Obama administration made a huge step just a few months ago to protect some of the wildest areas in Alaska. Now, Republicans in the House want to give Big Oil even more land to drill. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003